| Flowering landscape trees are the crown jewels of | | | | bloom as big as a saucer? Access information on |
| the yard. Perhaps no other plants, individually, can have | | | | these beauties here. |
| as great an impact on how a yard looks in spring. | | | | Rose of Sharon |
| Browse the articles to which I've linked below for | | | | Although some people think of it as a landscape "tree" |
| information on particular varieties of flowering | | | | (because it gets tall and can be pruned so as to have |
| landscape trees. Pictures are included. | | | | a single trunk), rose of sharon is, in fact, a flowering |
| Crape Myrtles: Landscape Trees of the South | | | | shrub. The fact that it blooms relatively late -- and for |
| A popular choice in flowering landscape trees for | | | | a long time -- makes it a valuable plant for those |
| Southerners, crape myrtles have a long blooming | | | | looking to distribute their yard's color display throughout |
| period (mid-summer to fall). The blooming clusters of | | | | the growing season. |
| these flowering landscape trees come in pink, white, | | | | Top 10 List of Flowering Landscape Trees and Shrubs |
| red and lavender. The clusters appear on the tips of | | | | for Spring | |
| new wood. Northerners can sometimes get away | | | | This article features information on ten flowering |
| with treating these flowering landscape trees as | | | | landscape trees and shrubs that brighten our spring |
| perennials that die back in winter but come back in | | | | seasons. Included are redbud, callery pear and |
| spring. | | | | crabapple. |
| Trees | | | | Hawthorn: Late-Blooming Landscape Trees |
| Not all specimens with a weeping habit are flowering | | | | This article offers information on Washington hawthorn |
| landscape trees, but this article looks at several | | | | trees, which are perhaps most valued for the time at |
| weeping varieties that do bloom, headed by four types | | | | which they bloom (late spring to early summer). Many |
| of cherry. | | | | of the popular flowering specimens bloom earlier in the |
| Saucer Magnolias | | | | spring, and while their blossoms are pleasant sights for |
| The size and shape of the blooms are what | | | | eyes sore from winter's barrenness, they desert us |
| suggested the common name for these flowering | | | | too quickly! |
| landscape trees. Want a specimen with a brilliant | | | | |