Episode 157: Flowering Trees for Every Season

Due to the sizing and disbursal of Tree , gardeners tend to put a lot more thought into the ones they ultimately grease one’s palms for their landscapes . While a perennial might only last for six or seven years , a Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree might grace a garden for 50 class or more — perhaps outliving the mortal who so cautiously choose it . Here atFine Gardening , we find powerfully that trees should look good in more than one season ( for all of the reasons above AND because they take up a lot of substantial acres ) . Therefore , on today ’s instalment , we may be highlighting our favorite flowering trees for every season , but these choices have more going for them than just some momentary blossom . Listen to study about which trees we ’re unforced to sacrifice a chunk of our paycheck on and why .

Amanda Bennett is vice Chief Executive of horticulture and collections at Atlanta Botanical Gardens in Georgia .

Danielle ’s Plants

Spring : ‘ Don Egolf ’ Formosan redbud ( Cercis chinensis‘Don Egolf ’ , Zones 5b–9 )

Summer : ‘ Milk River and Honey ’ Japanese stewartia ( Stewartia pseudocamellia‘Milk and Honey ’ , Zones 5–7 )

Summer : ‘ Milk River and Honey ’ Japanese stewartia with pollinator aplenty

Fall color on stewartia

Autumn : Red Balloon ® viburnum ( Viburnum×rhytidophylloides‘Redell ’ , Zones 4–8 )

wintertime : ‘ Pink Perfection ’ camelia ( Camellia japonica‘Pink Perfection ’ , Zones 7–10 )

Carol ’s Plants

bounce : ‘ Wada ’s Memory ’ magnolia ( Magnolia×kewensis‘Wada ’s Memory ’ , Zones 5–8 )

summertime : titi ( Oxydendrum arboreum , Zones 5–9 )

Summer : Oxydendrum arboreum habit . photograph : courtesy of Famartin via Wikimedia

Sourwood , flower . pic : good manners of Kwaśnodrzew Amerykańsk via Wikimedia

Autumn : seven - boy blossom ( Heptacodium miconioides , zone 5 - 9 )

Autumn : seven - Logos flower ( habit )

Seven - son flower ( flower )

Winter : ‘ Sweet Sunshine ’ witch hazel ( Hamamelis×intermedia‘Sweet Sunshine ’ )

Expert ’s Plants

Winter :   Yunnan magnolia ( Magnolia laevifoliasyn . M. yunanensis , Zones 8b–11 )

outflow : two - winged silverbell   ( Halesia order Diptera , zone 6–9 )

Episode 157: Flowering Trees for Every Season

Spring: ‘Don Egolf’ Chinese redbud

Summer : Nipponese stewartia ( Stewartia pseudocamellia , Zones 5–8 )

Fall :   common witch hazel ( Hamamelis virginiana , Zones 3–9 )

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‘Don Egolf’ Chinese redbud

Spring: ‘Don Egolf’ Chinese redbud

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