Flowering landscape trees are the crown jewels of the yard.Perhaps no other plants, individually, can have as great animpact on how a yard looks in the spring. Browse the articles to which I've linked below for information on particular varietiesof flowering landscape trees. Pictures are included.

Crape Myrtles: Landscape Trees of the South

A popular choice in flowering landscape trees for Southerners,Crape myrtles have a long blooming period (mid-summer tofall). The blooming clusters of these flowering landscape trees They come in pink, white, red, and lavender. The clusters appear on the tips of new wood. Northerners can sometimes get away with with treating these flowering landscape trees as perennials.that die back in winter but come back in spring.

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Not all specimens with a weeping habit are flowering.landscape trees, but this article looks at several weeping varieties that do bloom, headed by four types of cherry.Saucer Magnolias 

The size and shape of the blooms are what suggested thecommon name for these flowering landscape trees. Want a specimen with a brilliant bloom as big as a saucer? Access information on these beauties here.

Rose of Sharon

Although some people think of it as a landscape "tree,"(because it gets tall and can be pruned so as to have a singletrunk), the rose of Sharon is, in fact, a flowering shrub. The fact that it blooms late and for a long period of timea valuable plant for those looking to distribute their yard'scolor display throughout the growing season.Flowering Landscape Trees and Shrubs Top 10 ListSpring |

This article features information on ten flowering landscapes.trees and shrubs that brighten our spring seasons. Included are redbud, callery pear, and crabapple.Hawthorn: late-blooming landscape trees

This article offers information on Washington hawthorn trees.which are perhaps most valued for the time at which theybloom (late spring to early summer). Many of the popularFlowering specimens bloom earlier in the spring, and whileTheir blossoms are pleasant sights for eyes sore from winter'sbarrenness; they desert us too quickly!