Flowering Tree - Page 6 of 9 - Fine Gardening

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    Black elder

    Sambucus nigra

    Black elder forms an upright and bushy, but somewhat coarse, shrub with toothed green leaves.

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    Chinese lilac

    Syringa × chinensis

    This fragrant hybrid ( S.

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    Thumbelina lilac

    Syringa 'Bailina'

    From the Fairytail series of dwarf lilacs, this petite cultivar bears single, light pink flowers in mid- to late season.

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    Giant dogwood

    Cornus controversa 'Variegata'

    This rounded, deciduous tree with spreading, tiered branches is especially dramatic in the landscape.

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    Lagerstroemia fauriei

    Lagerstroemia fauriei

    This is a fast-growing, upright deciduous tree with delicate white flowers in early summer.

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    Loebner magnolia

    Magnolia × loebneri

    This small tree is a cross of M.

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    ‘Butterflies’ magnolia

    Magnolia ‘Butterflies’

    This cross of Magnolia acuminata and M. denudata usually forms a small tree with an upright central leader or sometimes a multistemmed shrub.

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    Ashe magnolia

    Magnolia ashei

    This spreading deciduous shrub or small tree has large, light-green glossy leaves to 2 feet long.

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    Angel’s trumpet

    Brugmansia suaveolens

    Few plants evoke tropicalia quite like the Brugmansias , with their voluminous tubular flowers that drip from imposing shrubs or small trees.

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    ‘Alba’ white redbud

    Cercis canadensis ‘Alba’

    Small white flowers appear in profusion on leafless branches in early spring.