Here are some ideas for Flowering trees (and a few shrubs) in approximate ordering of flowering. Almost all trees flower in some manner; it’s how they have sex (and we’re all in favor of that) and produce more trees – except of course Ginkgos which are actually Gymnosperms – but more about those prehistoric trees some other time.Today we’re going to discuss trees with showy flowers.
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Flowering Plums (Prunus) Flowering Currants (Ribes sangunieum) Flowering Cherries (Prunus) Crabapples (Malus) Magnolias- deciduous Dogwoods (Cornus) Golden Chain Trees (Laburnum) Lilacs (Syringa) Japanese Snowbell Trees (Styrax)
