Flowering Trees

Live Flowering Trees for Seasonal Color & Landscape Impact

A flowering tree changes a landscape in a way few other plants can — for a few weeks each year, it becomes the focal point of the entire yard, covered in blooms before settling back into its supporting role as a green, leafy backdrop for the rest of the season. Our flowering tree collection is one of the largest and most varied categories we carry, spanning everything from compact patio specimens to substantial flowering shade trees.

Spring-Blooming Favorites

Redbuds are some of the earliest and most reliable spring bloomers in this collection. The Garden Gems® Emerald Redbud and Garden Gems® Amethyst Redbud both offer the classic redbud silhouette with distinct flower colors, while the Ruby Falls Redbud Tree and Golden Falls® Redbud Tree bring weeping forms into the mix, combining cascading branches with the same early spring flower display. The Snow Fountains® Weeping Cherry Tree offers another classic spring moment, draping white blossoms along graceful, cascading branches, and the Cherokee Princess® Dogwood Tree rounds out the spring lineup with large, classic white dogwood blooms.

Summer & Warm-Season Bloomers

Crape myrtles carry the flowering season into summer, when many other trees have finished blooming. The Thunderstruck™ Coral Boom™ Crape Myrtle and Scarlet Colorama™ Crape Myrtle both bring bold summer color and the reliable, low-maintenance reputation crape myrtles are known for. The Quick Fire® Hydrangea Tree offers a tree-form hydrangea, blooming earlier than typical hydrangea varieties and bringing large, showy flower clusters to the summer landscape. The Temple of Bloom® Seven-Son Flower brings a less common option to the mix, known for fragrant late-season blooms followed by colorful bracts that extend visual interest well past the flowering window itself.

Warm-Climate & Tropical-Leaning Varieties

For warmer climates, the Hibiscus Tree and Variegated Hibiscus Tiliaceus bring large, tropical-looking blooms and bold foliage to the landscape. The Gardenia Tree offers intensely fragrant white flowers, a favorite for gardeners who want scent as much as visual color. The Bubba Jones Desert Willow Tree is built for hot, dry conditions, producing trumpet-shaped blooms over a long summer season, and the Teddy Bear® Southern Magnolia brings large, classic magnolia blooms on a more compact, manageable form than traditional magnolias.

Growing Conditions

Growing zones across this large collection span a wide range. Cold-hardy options like the Quick Fire® Hydrangea Tree are rated for zones as cool as 3 through 8, while warm-climate specialists like the Hibiscus Tree and Variegated Hibiscus Tiliaceus need zones 9 through 11 and 10 through 12 respectively. Most redbud and crape myrtle varieties fall in the middle, generally suited to zones 5 through 10, making them workable for a broad range of temperate climates.

Sun needs vary by variety as well: crape myrtles, the Desert Willow, and the Southern Magnolia all need full sun to bloom their best, while redbuds, the Gardenia Tree, hibiscus varieties, and the Seven-Son Flower tolerate full to part sun.

Choosing a Bloom Season That Works for You

If you want color as early in the year as possible, start with a redbud or weeping cherry. If you want a tree that keeps blooming through the heat of summer, crape myrtles and hydrangea trees are the more reliable choice. Either way, matching growing zone and sun exposure to your actual yard conditions is the key step before falling for a particular bloom color.