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Ella's Advice: Five Favorite Flowering Trees
Posted by Ella Maxwell on 04/13/10Birds are singing, bees are buzzing and flowering trees are beginning to BLOOM! Spring has finally arrived, and flowering trees are one of the greatest delights of the season! I’ve compiled a list of my favorite blooming trees based on their special features. Perhaps you’ll find the perfect one to add to your spring landscape!
First to Bloom: Apricot trees display delicate flowers and offer the promise of tasty fruit. Check out the Chinese Apricot tree.
Great for Small Spaces: Crabapple trees are small in size, but bloom so heavily they often hide entire branches of the tree. My personal favorite is ‘Tina’ Crabapple.
Classic Spring Tree: Redbud trees offer spring flowers in shades of pink and purple, and leaves that turn a pretty bronze/gold color in the fall. For a twist on the classic redbud, check out ‘Lavender Twist’ Redbud which has a contorted stem, arching branches and develops an umbrella-shaped crown with prolific flowers.
New this Year: ‘Butterflies’ Magnolia has unique yellow blooms instead of the traditional pink and grows to be a nice sized ornamental tree.
Unique: ‘Ivory Silk’ Lilac Tree combines the huge fragrant flowers of a lilac bush with the stature of a flowering tree. It bears clusters of creamy-white flowers around Memorial Day.
A traditional Pink Saucer Magnolia
While these are some of my favorites, there are many more flowering trees to choose from. To see our full selection of flowering trees, visit Plant-o-Pedia.
Happy Spring!
Ella
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