No matter how much one might enjoy the winter for all its festivities and tranquil beauty, it’s hard to beat the beautiful sights and sounds of spring. The blossoms and flowers that burst from the winter’s chill really do give a feeling like the world is coming back to life. If you want to capture a little of that invigorating energy for your own home, trees that produce flowers in the spring are a wonderful addition to any landscape. Here are some of the best flowering trees to plant for the spring if you want to see some gorgeous blooms.
Saucer Magnolia
Easily one of the most popular flowering trees, saucer magnolias burst into life almost as soon as winter starts to end. It’s a fast-growing tree, so you don’t have to wait too long for it to mature. From early to mid-spring, saucer magnolia trees grow beautiful pastel pink or purple flowers shaped like little saucers. Make sure they get plenty of sun to get the most flowers possible.
Flowering Crabapple
Although crabapple trees may not immediately come to mind as one of the best flowering trees to plant for spring, people often forget that they grow gorgeous flowers before the blossoms turn into the crabapple fruit. When deciding on a crabapple tree, make sure you get one that actually flowers, and stick to trees that produce smaller fruits.
Hyperion Dogwood
Dogwood trees offer a lot of beauty in the spring and even in other seasons as well. Hyperion dogwood trees bloom with flowers that have large white petals that overlap each other. This can almost make the tree seem blanketed in pure white during the early spring. Hyperion dogwood trees also exhibit very attractive fall colors in autumn and grow vibrant berries that look great as well.
Hawthorn
One of the best parts about hawthorn trees is that they get their flowers later than many other trees that flower in the early spring. Hawthorns actually bloom in late spring to early summer, providing some fantastic colors such as pink and red to an otherwise completely green part of the year. Many varieties of hawthorn also boast an impressive resistance to cold and winter conditions.
Golden Chain
A choice for the more experienced tree tender, golden chain trees are special because their flowers don’t fall in the red-pink-white spectrum. They bloom with vibrant yellow flowers in the late spring. The flowers hang from the branches like beautiful chains of gold. The reason this isn’t a beginner-friendly tree is because golden chain trees can be susceptible to disease and pest infestation. With vigilant care, however, golden chain trees are second to none in terms of beauty.
