Few plants have more impact on your landscape than trees. Here are a few highlights of spring flowering trees that will grow in your Willamette Valley landscape.
Large Trees
Robinia ‘Purple Robe Locust‘ – 40 ft Tall x 30 ft Wide
Highly fragrant and very attractive chains of deep pink flowers bloom in late spring. Performs well in poor soils, fast growing, salt tolerant, and adaptable to both dry and moist growing conditions. Take into consideration the tendency to sucker, but overall, an ideal choice for xeriscaping or moisture-conserving landscapes.
Magnolia Grandiflora ‘Brakens Brown Beauty‘ – 30 x 15 ft Tall x Wide
A beautiful flowering accent tree for smaller home landscapes, smothered in showy and fragrant white cup-shaped flowers in spring through summer; large glossy leaves with brown undersides as the name implies, and a neat upright habit of growth
Magnolia Grandiflora ‘D.D. Blanchard‘ – 60 x 30 ft Tall x Wide
A beautiful flowering accent tree for home landscapes, smothered in showy and fragrant white cup-shaped flowers in spring, large glossy leaves with brown undersides and a neat pyramidal habit of growth.
Medium Trees
Magnolia ‘Black Tulip‘ – 20 x 10 ft Tall x Wide
An impressive magnolia selected for its lovely, deep burgundy-red tulip-like flowers, emerging in spring before the leaves; a large growing, vigorous variety that will make a fine ornamental landscape specimen
Prunus x ‘Akebono Flowering Cherry‘ – 25 ft Tall x Wide
This Japanese flowering cherry is smothered in clusters of showy light pink flowers in early spring. Canopy is low, and grows at a medium rate. Grows best in full sun, and average to evenly moist soil conditions. Read Andrea Shonnard’s Akebono flowering cherry tree story, and get inspired on making your own tradition!
Dogwood Trees – Cornus florida & Cornus kousa
Here’s the scoop on these two commonly offered varieties of dogwood trees: Cornus florida thrives in the PNW and is the native species to the U.S., while Cornus kousa is native to Asia. Cornus kousa features slightly smaller leaves than the florida, and blossoms appear a little later in spring and are slightly smaller than the florida varieties. Cornus kousa dogwood has gained popularity because of its resistance to dogwood anthracnose.
Both dogwood tree species appreciate evenly moist, acidic soils, but not wet conditions, nor being allowed to dry out. All grow well in full sun to part shade. Here are the varieties we commonly carry and enjoy growing in our Corvallis area:
- ‘Rubra‘ x florida – 30 ft Tall x 35 ft Wide; Lovely clusters of pink flowers with pink bracts bloom in spring.
- ‘Cherokee Brave‘ x florida – 30 ft Tall x 35 ft Wide; Rich crimson red flowers with white centers are on show in mid-spring and make this variety highly desirable.
- ‘Stellar Pink‘ x florida – 25 ft Tall x Wide; Featuring stunning clusters of shell pink flowers with pink bracts in late spring.
- ‘Venus‘ x kousa – 20 ft Tall x Wide; Enjoy huge white flowers with white bracts in late spring.
- ‘Radiant Rose‘ x kousa – 20 ft Tall x 20 ft Wide; Large bright pink flowers open in late spring into early summer.
- ‘Heart Throb‘ x kousa– 20 ft Tall x Wide; Rich pink flower bracts that last 1-2 months, much longer than other varieties. Mid- to late spring bloom.
- ‘Satomi‘ x kousa – 25 ft Tall x Wide; Large, showy deep pink flowers and bracts in late spring.
Prunus ‘Krauter Vesuvius Flowering Plum‘ – 20 ft Tall x 12 Wide
Fragrant pink flowers bloom in abundance in early spring before leaves emerge. Grows at a medium rate. Grows best in full sun in average to evenly moist soil, and is not particular to soil type or pH.
Prunus ‘Accolade Flowering Cherry‘ – 20 ft Tall x 25 ft Wide
Accolade Flowering Cherry is smothered in stunning clusters of fragrant pink flowers along the branches in early spring, which emerge from distinctive rose flower buds before the leaves. It grows at a medium rate. This tree should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in rich soils.
Small Trees
Magnolias
There is a beautiful variety of magnolias, but these two varieties offer long-lasting spring blooms, and are well suited for smaller landscapes. Grow these trees in full sun to part shade, and evenly moist well-drained, acidic soils for best performance:
- ‘Genie‘ – 13 ft Tall x 6 ft Wide; A compact choice with a long spring to summer bloom of sweetly scented maroon-purple flowers with magenta-rose tips.
- ‘Royal Star‘ – 12 ft Tall x 12 ft Wide: An ideal accent tree for smaller home landscapes, features extremely fragrant star-shaped snow-white flowers in early spring, compact, upright growing and multi-stemmed, fast growing; considered the hardiest magnolia of all.
Styrax ‘Marley’s Pink‘ – 8 ft Tall x 4 ft Wide
Got a small garden, but would love a little tree? Here it is. This dainty small tree features lovely pink bell-shaped flowers hanging from gracefully weeping branches from mid- to late spring, and is very attractive. You can even grow this in a large container! Grows well in full sun to part shade, and evenly moist well-drained, acidic soils.
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