Flowering, Fruit Trees
  A Quick Reference Guide to Fine-Flowering and Fruit Trees

A Quick Reference Guide to Fine-Flowering and Fruit Trees

There are so many different types of tress that have wonderfully colorful blossoms and fruit that it may seem impossible to choose the right one for your garden. Here is a quick reference guide to some of the most popular varieties.

Type Flower and Fruit Other Facts Height
ASH

European Mountain

White flower; clustered orange berries summer and fall.



Erect; deep green foliage; grows in most soils.

25 ft.

CATALPA

Western

Showy white flower.

Hardy; rapid growing; stands heat, drought.



65 ft.

CRABAPPLE

Altney Flowering Crab

Crimson bloom with white; maroon fruit lasts all winter.

Erect tree; sturdy; blooms earliest of the crabs.

12 ft.

Bechtel's Flowering Crab

Large, fragrant, light-pink flower; purple fruit.

Pyramidal shape; ideal for small lawns.

15 ft.

Hopa Flowering Crab

Fragrant, deep-rose bloom; tiny red apples.

Erect; purple foliage.

15 ft.

Japanese Flowering Crab

Rose-pink blossom; orange fruit in fall.

Very attractive in bloom.

20 ft.

Purple-Leaf Flowering Crab

Wine-red flower; deep red fruit lasts all winter; good jelly.

Bronze foliage turns bright red in fall.

12 ft.

Red Flowering Crab

Single carmine buds; white blossom turns pink; small, blood-red fruit.

Round top; withstands severe winters, droughts.

18 ft.

White Flowering Crab

White lasting flowers; red-skin fruit; good jelly.

Erect; successful in North; hardy, disease-free.



20 ft.

CHERRY

Black

White flower; large, purplish, juicy cherry.

Massive tree; attains great age.

100 ft.

Nanking

White blossom; light red fruit.

Bushy.

10 ft.

Oriental

Bright rose-pink flower.



Erect.

25 ft.

DOGWOOD

Chinese

White flower.

Heavy foliage.

25 ft.

Red

Red flower.

Heavy foliage; year-round beauty.

20 ft.

White

Open white flower; clusters of red berries.



Red leaves in fall; pyramidal spreading shape.

20 ft.

GOLDEN CHAIN

Long clusters yellow berries, 18 in. long; 6 or 8 on single twigs.



Erect; bright clover-like leaves.

30 ft.

HAWTHORN

Dense clusters of creamy white flowers; scarlet berry clusters until winter.



Glossy broad leaves are red-orange in fall.

20 ft.

HORSECHESTNUT

Red



Pink to red flowers.

Beautiful tree.

60 ft.

JUDAS TREE

Redbud

Dense rosy-lavender flowers.

Heart-shaped, dark green foliage; in North, plant in sheltered place.



25 ft.

LINDEN

Waxy, creamy white flowers.



Rapid grower.



LOCUST

Thorn less, Honey or White



White pea blossoms.

Erect; picturesque.

30 ft.

MAGNOLIA

M. Soulangeana

Early spring flowers; 6 in. blooms, white inside & rosy-violet outside.

Upright, round; deep green waxy foliage; very hardy.

14 ft.

Star

White flower; small fruit.

Early blooming; spreading.



14 ft.

PEACH

Red-Leaf

Deep rose flower; small red peaches.

Bright red foliage in spring; deep maroon in fall.



20 ft.

PLUM

Beach

White flower; purple fruit, good jelly.

Withstands strong winds; grows at beach in sandy soil.



8 ft.

PURPLE FRINGE

Smoke Tree

Hair like flowers cover whole surface; looks like cloud of smoke.



Spreading; needs space, sunshine; shiny green foliage/

12 ft.

SILVERBELL

Dainty, open white flower; 4 - winged dry fruit.



30 ft.

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