Landscape trees include:
The editor answers the question of what landscape trees there are and compiles knowledge about the top ten flowering ornamental trees for flower cultivation. Here is a comprehensive introduction to follow.
1. Cherry Blossom
There are many varieties of cherry blossoms. Currently in the flower market, the two best-selling types are late cherry and early cherry. When late cherry blooms, the appearance is "flowers and leaves blooming together," meaning that flowering and leaf growth occur simultaneously. Early cherry blooms without leaf accompaniment, a blooming style referred to as "flowers before leaves" in the study of flowering trees. Early cherry flowers are usually single-colored, mainly white double flowers, while late cherry flowers have a very rich color palette, commonly pink, green, and others. When planting in the courtyard, choose a sunny location that is not prone to water accumulation. In the northern regions, the blooming period is around the beginning of April each year.
Cherry Blossom
2. Magnolia
There are many varieties available in the market, including common ones such as white magnolia, purple magnolia, yellow magnolia, and everblooming magnolia. They are all grafted onto "Xinyi" rootstock. In courtyard landscaping, they are generally planted in "corner positions" of the house, especially white magnolia, which can grow into large trees. In spring, the large flower buds can be seen from a distance, with spotless white flowers, and they are extremely beautiful when in full bloom.
Magnolia
3. Chinese Hydrangea
This type of flowering tree has been quite popular in the market over the past two years. It is extremely drought and cold-resistant, making it suitable for many gardeners in the northwest who can grow it outdoors in their courtyards. It grows very slowly, and the main propagation methods are by sowing and cutting. The main drawback is that the flower color is primarily pure white.枫林 once saw a mature Chinese hydrangea tree with a crown diameter of over five to six meters during an internship at the Baoji Botanical Garden in Shaanxi Province. An individual flower diameter could reach 25 centimeters, which was very impressive from a distance!
Hydrangea
4.牡丹花石榴
Peony flowering pomegranate is the variety with the largest double-petal flowers among ornamental pomegranate trees. Our traditional fruit pomegranates usually have single-petal flowers, which do not provide a significant landscape effect and have a short blooming period due to fruiting. However, the peony flowering pomegranate variety can bloom from mid-May to the end of November before leaf fall! When planting in the courtyard, choose a location with sufficient sunlight. Under good fertilization and watering conditions, a single flower can reach over ten centimeters in diameter.
Landscape trees include
Peony flowering pomegranate
5. Osmanthus
In courtyard landscaping, osmanthus is almost an indispensable flowering tree variety. It is evergreen and blooms in autumn with a fragrant scent that can be detected from a distance. There are many osmanthus varieties, and the most commonly used in courtyard landscaping are: everblooming osmanthus, golden osmanthus, silver osmanthus, August osmanthus, and cinnabar osmanthus! The everblooming osmanthus grafted onto the weeping cherry rootstock can be planted outdoors in most areas of the northwest, with low maintenance costs and the ability to bloom in spring and autumn without much management. When planting in the courtyard, choose a well-drained location because osmanthus is prone to death if waterlogged for too long.
Osmanthus
6.Woody海棠花
There are many woody crabapple varieties that can be used in courtyard landscaping, such as the common ones: Japanese quince, Malus spectabilis, royal crabapple, Japanese quince crabapple, and weeping crabapple. Among these crabapple varieties,枫林 recommends planting "weeping crabapple" in the courtyard for the most striking effect. This is because other crabapple flowers have short peduncles after blooming, while weeping crabapple has peduncles that hang down for a long time before blooming. Most woody crabapple flowers in the market are grafted onto mountain hawthorn rootstock. There is a row of weeping crabapples planted in front of the Management Committee of the Economic Development Zone in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, which can be visited during their blooming period.
weeping crabapple
7. Camellia
In the northern regions, everything withers and the earth loses vitality in winter. There are very few plant varieties that can remain evergreen and bloom outdoors in winter, but this is the season when camellia is in full bloom. Although the original habitat of camellia is in Jinhua, Zhejiang, many northern gardeners mistakenly believe that camellia cannot survive the winter outdoors. The main reason is that they often buy camellia in autumn or winter. According to枫林's experience, northern gardeners should adjust the time of purchasing camellia to late March and plant it outdoors directly. After a summer and autumn of hardship, even if it snows in winter, camellia will still bloom for you!
The above is a comprehensive introduction to the landscape trees and the top ten flowering ornamental trees brought by the Green Plant Enthusiast website, hoping to provide enthusiasts with some knowledge about green plants.