Flowering landscape trees are the crown jewels of the yard. Maybe no other plants, individually, can have as great an effect.
Some examples of these are the Crape Myrtles, well-liked choice in flowering landscape trees for Southerners. Crape myrtles have a long blooming period from the start of mid summer and in winter, they die but once again returns in spring.
Not all specimens with a weeping habit are flowering. Once excellent specimen with a brilliant bloom is the Saucer Magnolia, and as the name suggests, its blooms are the size of saucers.
The Rose of Sharon are regarded by some as a landscape tree because it can be pruned in order to have make sure that only a single trunk remains. But the truth is that the Rose of Sharon is, in fact, a flowering shrub. That it blooms comparatively late — and for ages — makes it a valuable plant for those wanting to distribute their yard’s color through the various seasons.
Washington hawthorn trees, which are perhaps most valued for the time at which they bloom from late spring to early summer, provide a pleasant sight for eyes who are wont to escape from the barren landscape of winter.