Featured Plants : ornamental trees

Beautiful Camellia Tree (Camellia sasanqua)

barb-nhn — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:20:00 GMT

When planning your landscape design, you may want to incorporate a combination of flowering trees and shrubs, along with shade and ornamental trees. The Camellia Ornamental Tree/Shrub is a gorgeous plant to consider! It is a beautiful upright, densely branched tall shrub with a pyramidal to oval shape. Very few perennial evergreen shrubs display the beautiful form in the landscape and the massing flowering habit of the Camellia.

A Camellia typically blooms in the fall of each year and produces 2” to 3" single or double white, pink or red flowers. It will provide your landscape with a stunning display of floral carpet as the petals tend to shatter and fall to the ground instead of staying intact.

Camellia sasanqua is very easy to grow, and its blooming and other desirable characteristics will give you years of pleasure! It grows to a height of 6-10 feet and is drought tolerant.

Camellia shrubs prefer light or heavy shade for growing, and pine trees or flowering magnolia trees are the perfect companion plants for the Camellia shrub. It requires full sun to partial shade; full sun will burn the leaves of a Camellia shrub, except for its interior leaves.

Old Fashioned (Green) Smoketree Is Very Ornamental

patti-nhn — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:19:00 GMT

The Old Fashioned Smoketree Cotinus coggygria 'Old Fashioned' is also known as a Green Smoketree. One of its main ornamental features is its smokey looking hairy clustered appendages that look like puffs of smoke and tend to grow to about 6 to 8 inches long. This Smoketree also boasts leaves of a bluish color sometimes with a yellow hue as well. In the fall the leaves are a reddish purple which is very attractive.

The Old Fashioned Smoketree is drought resistant and very adaptable to various soil types. It is a vigorous tree and can grow to 10 to 15 feet tall and spread to 10 to 15 feet wide. It does require full sun for the best growing environment. This Smoketree is also hardy from zones 5 to 8. This is a great tree for ornamental/accent interest in your landscaping as well as being a small specimen that would fit well in any size yard.

Don Egolf Chinese Redbud Compact And Impressive

patti-nhn — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:30:00 GMT

The Don Egolf Chinese Redbud tree Cercis chinensis 'Don Egolf'' is one of a kind! It has been named in honor of Don Egolf who is one of the breeders who worked with the Redbuds at the US National Arboretum. One of its best assets is its dense and bright pink flowers that cover the stems. You can barely see the bark through the blooms. It is also compact to approximately 9 feet tall to 9 1/2 feet wide.

This Redbud tree has been described as looking like a Pinata when it is in full bloom and pruned back as a shrub. The Don Egolf is sterile, no reseeding or pods to deal with. It grows best in zone 6 to zone 9. This small tree will give you lots of bang for your buck in terms of beauty and its ornamental aspect. It is very impressive and the neighbors will be jealous.

Signature Japanese Tree Lilac Small And Compact

patti-nhn — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:16:00 GMT

The Signature Japanese Tree Lilac Syringa reticulata 'Sigzam' is a smaller and more compact tree when compared to the Ivory Silk Japanese Tree Lilac. So if you are desiring a tree lilac but did not want the 20 to 25 height of the Ivory Silk this would be a good option for you.

The Signature has trusses that are round as opposed to conical and are numerous. The tree will bloom one to two weeks later than an Ivory Silk. Its a very ornamental tree that has an oval shape to it. This Lilac Tree can also handle cold as it can be grown from zones 3 to 8. As an accent or even as your main point of focus, this Signature Tree Lilac would really stand out.

Smooth As Silk Describes The Ivory Silk Tree Lilac

patti-nhn — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:12:00 GMT

The Ivory Silk Japanese Tree Lilac Syringa reticulata 'Ivory Silk' has beautiful and dainty white flowers that grow profusely from the ends of the branches. It has wonderful dark green leaves that really shows off the flowers. In the fall the bark of the tree has a shiny red coloring that is very attractive. It is also said to look like the bark of a cherry tree.

This is a fairly small tree growing in height from 20 to 25 feet tall and to about 15 feet wide. It is hardy from zone 3 to zone 7 so is a very cold hardy tree. It is originally from Canada and is a compact and sturdy tree. The Ivory Silk Tree Lilac is very ornamental and would be attractive in many areas.

Frontier Fruitless Olive No Fruit Less Mess

patti-nhn — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:38:00 GMT

The Frontier Fruitless Olive Olea europaea is a vigorous tree and very Mediterranean looking. Due to its lack of fruit, it is a popular choice in your landscape. Olive trees are know to live as much as one thousand years! This would be a tree that your family could enjoy for generations after generations.

This Olive tree has a very attractive shape and can be pruned and shaped very easily if you wish to change its appearance. Olive trees are drought resistant and alkaline or high PH soils are not a problem. They have beautiful silver leaves and a very attractive trunk. This Olive tree is cold hardy to zone 8. If you want something different from the norm, this would be a great selection.

A Tree As Silver As Silver Dollars

patti-nhn — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:10:00 GMT

The Silver Dollars Silver Linden tree Tilia tomentosa 'Sildolzam' is known for the silvery colored hairs on its leaves. The color reminds you of a silver dollar coin. This tree has a broad and pyramidal shape. It is compact and will grow to approximately 45 feet tall and 30 feet wide. This is a new variety of Linden. It is very hardy from zone 3 and up.

It would make for quite a conversation piece in your lawn or garden. You could plant some blue or purple flowers around it which would really accent the silver coloring on the leaves. With the leaves dancing in the breeze, they would put on quite a show. The Silver Dollars Silver Linden would get a lot of attention from the neighbors, who knows, you might start a new trend!

Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry A Brilliant Choice!

patti-nhn — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:33:00 GMT

Serviceberry Trees are known for their ornamental and fruit bearing assets. The Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry Amelanchier x grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance' falls easily into this category. The flowering white blossoms begin in spring. They are then followed by an abundant crop of purplish to black colored fruit. Its leaves are a dark green which is a wonderful background to the white flowers and the dark berries. In the fall the leaves will turn a brilliant red and really show off for you. In other words, it is "brilliant".

The Autumn Brilliance is one of the most superior of the serviceberries and is hardy from zone 3 up to zone 8. It grows to a height of about 20 to 25 feet tall. It has an upright shape and is an excellent grower. This serviceberry tree would make a wonderful ornamental addition to your landscape and if you enjoy bird watching, the berries can attract birds as well.

Fragrant Yoshino Flowering Cherry

patti-nhn — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:01:00 GMT

The Yoshino Flowering Cherry Tree Prunus x yedoensis is one of the most attractive flowering trees. They are most beautiful in bloom with their single, pink flowers. They have a nice mild fragrance that is enjoyable especially in a breeze. The blooms pop out in the spring and precede the leaves that are a glossy bright green and emerge in the summer. In the fall the leaves will turn a nice yellow color.

This Flowering Tree will mature to about 30 feet tall to 30 feet wide. It is hardy from zone 5 to zone 8. The Yoshino Flowering Cherry Tree is shaped with a rounded habit that will spread out very attractively and makes a great ornamental tree that will not take up a lot of space. It is wonderful on its own or lined up along a driveway or bordering your lawn. I have heard it remarked that this tree will STOP TRAFFIC!

China Snow Peking Lilac Is Fine & Graceful

patti-nhn — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:33:00 GMT

The China Snow Peking Lilac Syringa pekinensis 'Morton' is filled with fragrant bunches of white flowers that bloom in June. Its gracefulness shows in its upright rounded habit that really stands out. The bark is exfoliating and is a wonderful dark-amber color. It would be quite a lovely tree in your yard year-round.

This variety of Lilac comes from the parent tree at the Morton Arboretum in Illinois. It has done very well in the Illinois climate. It is hardy to zone 5. The height of this tree can get to 35 feet and the crown will grow to about 30 feet wide. If you are familiar with the famed plant collector Joseph Rock you will want to know that he personally harvested the seed batch from which the tree was selected. If you want something new and attractive, this would be a good choice for you.

Forest Pansy Redbud Unique And Highly Desirable

patti-nhn — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:00:00 GMT

Forest Pansy Redbud trees Cercis canadensis, 'Forest Pansy' are beautiful trees. Their beauty can be seen all year long. They produce their flowers before the foliage emerges. The flowers are pea shaped and are a rosey/purple color that emerge in early spring. The flowers last about 2-3 weeks and then the reddish/purple heart shaped leaves will appear. Fall color is in varying shades from the reddish/purple to orange.

They are awesome to watch throughout the year. Their trunk and branches have an interesting growth pattern that can vary from tree to tree. They are somewhat curvy in shape with a spreading crown. Of the all the redbuds, this one has darkest coloring. The trees can grow anywhere from 15-20 feet so they make a good small yard tree. They are easy to grow in average, moist, well-drained soil.