Guide to Successful Gardening

Flowering Trees – Unique Touch to Your Landscape

If you are looking for an alternative to the standard bushes, vines, or shrubs, you might want to consider flowering trees as a great way to enjoy all the attraction of a flowering plant but with the practicality of a tree. A great example for you, would be a flowering shade tree, which can easily block out any unsightly views whilst still be able to provide hundreds of delightful flowers during certain seasons during the year.

The most common the trees that flower are either fruit trees or flowering tropical trees. To discover which type of tree will thrive in your area, it will be necessary to do a little research or consult you local nursery. This will enable you to determine which type you can choose by learning the style of flower, distinct scent, and prime growing regions

The fruit trees which are the most common of the flowering variety will produce flowers prior to the fruiting season (usually in the summer). Probably the most popular of the flowering fruit trees is the flowering cherry tree and also the flowering weeping cherry tree. Whilst both of these plants will product ample supplies of cherries, the regular tree will stand in more of an upright position and is better used for shade than the weeping version.

If you looking for a fruit tree that will provide lots of shade than your can’t do wrong with a flowering pear tree, which is able to grow to a great height. Furthermore, the flowering peach tree and flowering plum tree is able to produce delightful flowers which you will appreciate during the spring time, this is however, dependent on your climate. A truly magnificent tree that will have your neighbors jealous in delight is the flowering crab apple tree which is a sight to behold when in full bloom.

For anyone that is not into fruits, the flowering dogwood tree might be right up your street. This tree type does not produce any human edible fruits even though it does go to flower during the springtime. The flowers are truly special and are not easily confused with any other flowering type trees. The magnolia tree is also in the same category of flowering trees without fruit.