Flowering Cherry Trees Garden Nursery Landscaping Guide

Flowering Cherry Trees Add A Splash Of Colour To Your Yard

By Suzzie T Franklin

Flowering cherry trees can be placed in a garden or in a yard to add a splash of colour and variation. With pink flowers and purple leaves, you will get that colour variation your landscape needs. These trees are small, so they do not create large shadows in your garden and when grown in your yard, they do not have large hungry roots to cause damage to the structure of your home.

They are small deciduous flowering trees, that can be seen growing in the wild, along country roads. They seem to flower at a time when all the other flowering plants are still recovering from a harsh winter. Their pink flowers stand out and do not require hours of your time to maintain.

You may initially purchase one flowering cherry tree and then place some more in areas of the garden and yard, where you want more colours and less of the green everywhere. You may include flower beds in your yard, to add more colours, but there are times when flowers are not flowering and this is the time when you can use flowering cherry trees.

Bright Cheerful Colours Of Spring

After a long, dreary winter, we're all ready for spring. Even if you're not a gardener, you can still appreciate the sight of a little patch of daffodils or tulips. Their bright, cheerful colors herald the coming of spring and warmer days. Perhaps that's why my grandmother often said, "You're as welcome as the flowers in May!", a wonderfully touching sentiment.

In most parts of the country, winter melds into spring, with the bright spring flowers offering a brilliant, but brief display of glorious color. Maybe this is why we treasure them all the more, because the display is fleeting. Nonetheless, we enjoy each bright flower, never missing a day to take a good look at these delightful spots of color.

Flowering Cherry Tree Adds Spots Of Colour To Your Garden

So how can we prolong the joys of spring in the garden? We don't often think of the lovely flowering cherry tree when we're contemplating the spring garden. In country settings, you'll often encounter the flowering cherry tree along rural roads where they seem to thrive, virtually unattended.

If left unpruned and unshaped, the flowering cherry tree may grow in many shapes, from a natural vase shape to a tree gone wild. Only in spring does this tree stand out in all its glory.

Lovely Pink Flowers

While most deciduous trees lie dormant, with their branch formations being their main asset, the flowering cherry tree is first spotted sprouting flower buds which stand out in sharp relief.

In a matter of weeks, seemingly overnight, the buds give way to lovely pink flowers burst forth in a magnificent display that dominates your view. Although the flowers last but a few weeks, the joy of the display makes this tree well worth planting in your home garden.

Flowering Cherry Tree In Your Garden And In Your Yard

In summer, they seem to hide in the landscape among the many other trees, of unassuming stature or distinction. However, the flowering cherry tree has many practical qualities which make it an asset to any garden.

A relatively small tree, it can be planted in a patio situation in fairly close proximity to your home without fear of damaging your foundation with its roots. It can be grown in most gardening zones, as it tolerates a bit of winter chill.

Purple Leaves Add Variety Of Colour To Your Garden

Planted in a location which affords a view from inside your home gives you cheer in springtime and an element of shade during the summer. The purple leaves lend variety of color in the summer garden as well.

In fall, the leaves turn color gradually and subtly. A well-pruned flowering cherry tree provides a charming silhouette in winter and allows light to come in during the cold months. Although the flowering cherry does not produce fruit, it's certainly worthy of a spot in your landscape.

Avoiding Large Shadows Over Your Growing Plants

When you look at your garden and you want to add a couple of small trees, that will not create large shadows over your growing plants, but add a little colour and variation, then you should look at adding flowering cherry trees. The pink flowers and purple leaves will increase the variation to the green growing plants.

Make sure you give some space for the trees to grow, so that your garden plants and the cherry trees are not competing for the same nutrients in the soil. You may even place one or two miniature fruit trees, to supply your family with fresh fruit.

You may include one or two flowering cherry trees in the yard, one in the front and one in the back yard. You may even place a bird bath nearby, so that birds can come and splash about in the water, in the peak of summer. Placing one or two bird feeders nearby also invites the birds to your yard.

When shrubs are too small, adding flowering cherry trees are the next best thing.

About the Author:
Suzzie T Franklin has written a number of articles on gardening and landscaping including The Japanese Garden, Bonsai Trees, Bonsai Plants, Outdoor Bonsai Trees, Indoor Bonsai Trees, White Flowers, Fruit Trees, Tole Painting, Lady Slipper Flower, Plastic Flower Pot, Zen Garden, Wire Topiary Frames, Window Bird Feeders, Planting Guide, Flower Seeds, Gardening Vegetable, Garden Furniture.
Keep a lookout for more of her articles on this website.

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