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Six flowering trees for a big impact

Even if you grow nothing else, your garden will look as though it’s full of flowers. - by Rachael Jones
  • 03 Jan 2018
Six flowering trees for a big impact
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Want to make a big impact in spring? Grow one of these fabulous flowering trees! Each covers itself in blossoms so thoroughly, and creates such eye-appeal, your whole street will experience a seasonal lift.

Even if you grow nothing else, your garden will look as though it’s full of flowers. Best of all, you can enjoy this spectacle no matter where you live, because there are varieties suitable for tropical, temperate or cooler areas.

Golden chain tree

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Under my golden chain tree!💛

These small, fairly erect trees put on a stupendous display of pendulous blossoms that look like wisteria flowers, only in golden yellow. These appear in early to midspring, along with the new leaves. There are a couple of types sold but Laburnum x watereri ‘Vossii’ has flower clusters that droop half a metre or more. Average garden soil will do as long as it drains well.

JUST THE FACTS

Size: 5–7m tall, erect at first, spreading with age Habit: Deciduous Aspect: Full sun Climate: Needs a prolonged chilly winter – takes any frost level Botanic name: Laburnum anagyroides; L. x watereri

Redbud

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The #Redbud doing its thing after a wet #spring in #amagansett

About September, the rosy-purple flowers appear along the branches of this lovely tree, well before the leaves get a look in. In nature, they’re often found in moist, rich soil along streams and they’re easy to grow in cooler areas as long as they don’t suffer prolonged dryness. There are at least three species available in Australia. All look good teamed with pink or white dogwoods.

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Size: 6–10m tall with a similar spread Habit: Deciduous Aspect: Full sun or afternoon shade Climate: Takes any frost Botanic name: Cercis canadensis; C. siliquastrum; C. chinensis

Trumpet tree

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How could you not fall in love with Disneyland in the Springtime?! 🌸💕🌸💕🌸 #disney#waltdisney#disneyland#happiestplaceonearth#thehub#partnersstatue#fantasyland#tabebuiatrees#trumpettrees#pink#spring#dlr#unforgettablecast#castmember#dcpalumni#disneyhd#instadisney#disneygram#disneyside#justgothappier#home#disneyphotography#views#wavy#photography#nikond40#nicolemichellephotography#views

There are many species in this big tropical genus, but in Australia we mostly see two: one with pink, the other with golden flowers. Both are remarkable, flowering in August or September on leafless branches. They are fastgrowing and start flowering when quite young. They’re at their magnificent best in Brisbane and areas north.

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Size: 10–15m tall and wide Habit: Deciduous Aspect: Full sun Climate: Winter minimums above 6°C, dryish winter, hot rainy summer Botanic name: Tabebuia argentea; T. chrysantha

Dogwood

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When you drive past a house and have to stop because you see the most beautiful Dogwood tree! Just stunning in all its glory and incredibly striking against the all green surroundings. . . . #garden #gardens #gardener #dogwood #dogwoodtree #pink #pinkflowers #ornamentalplant #beautiful #spring

Very popular in southern highland areas, where the cold winters and warm to hot and humid summers suit it, the dogwood has to be one of the prettiest small trees you can grow. Flowers are white, pink or rosy red and the leaves turn a deep red in autumn before falling. Average, free-draining garden soil suits them, as long as you water them when the rain stays away, especially in summer.

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Size: 5m tall but usually wider Habit: Deciduous Aspect: Full sun or with a few hours broken shade Climate: Chilly winter, warm to hot summer, good rainfall Botanic name: Cornus florida

Wisteria

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Draped over a stout pergola, running along a house wall or even grown as a short-trunked, free-standing ‘tree’, the lovely wisteria never fails to attract gasps of admiration and desire in spring. It’s an easy plant to grow anywhere winters are at least cool, but it is a vigorous grower and does need at least annual pruning to keep it within bounds. Sweetly fragrant blue to lilac blossoms appear in early spring along with the new leaves.

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Size: Very large but usually pruned Habit: Deciduous Aspect: Full sun Climate: Takes any frost but also mild winters Botanic name: Wisteria sinensis.

Flowering cherry

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Prunus subhirtella 'Autumnalis' the delicacy of the flowers is inversely proportional to the nastiness of the winter weather #phillylove #cherry #cherrytree #floweringcherrytree #cherries #cherrytrees #floweringcherrytrees #Prunus #prunussubhirtellaautumnalis #southphiladelphia #southphiladelphiapennsylvania #southphilly

So lovely and popular in springtime, the flowering cherries have now been bred into dozens of different forms that mature into plants of various shapes and sizes, with flowers in pink or white. Weeping forms with strongly pendulous branches are most elegant and, because they grow on tall straight trunks (called standards), they are ideal for smaller spaces. Tree matures to a range of sizes, but all are magnificent in bloom.

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Size: 3–10m tall depending on species and cultivar Habit: Deciduous Aspect: Full sun Climate: Chilly to cold winter is essential Botanic name: Prunus subhirtella; P. serrulata.

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