World’s Loveliest and Most Beautiful Flowering Ornamental Trees

Published by nobert soloria bermosa
August 5, 2009, Category: Physical Geography

Trees are among the most important and useful organisms in the world. They provide us raw materials and play a vital role in the ecosystem. In addition, many tree species can make our ordinary surroundings extraordinarily beautiful and bright due to their pretty and colorful flowers.

Beautify your garden/yard with this collection of lovely and bright flowering trees.

Royal Poinciana (Delonix regia)

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One species of flowering tree that is perfect for your yard and will surely provide a vibrant view is Delonix regia, commonly known as Royal Poinciana. It is noted for its fern-like leaves and flamboyant display of flowers. This beautiful tree is also commonly called Flamboyant, Krishnachura, Gulmohar, Peacock Flower, Flame of the Forest, Malinche, and Tabachine.

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Prunus triloba

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Definitely, pink is beautiful like Prunus triloba, a small tree with lovely pale pink flowers that came from China. It is most often found in cultivation in the double flowered form Prunus triloba ‘Multiplex’.

Thunberg’s Meadowsweet (Spiraea thunbergii)

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White flowers are simply adorable like long-lived Thunberg’s Meadowsweet of Japan and China. It is also commonly called Baby’s Breath Spirea, Thunberg Spirea and Yuki-yanagi in Japan.

Firethorn (Pyracantha)

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This attractive Pyracantha is grown as an espalier on a wall. This plant species is a valuable ornamental plant for its densely decorative flowers and fruit. Its dense thorny structure makes it particularly valued in situations where an impenetrable barrier is required.

Ibira-pita (Peltophorum dubium)

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One of the most vibrant colors is yellow and this tree with yellow flowers will certainly brighten your day. It is known as the Ibira-pita in Argentina. In Uruguay it is called Arbol de Artigas and in Brazil it’s Cana-fístula.

Smoke Tree (Cotinus coggygria)

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This flowering tree has one of the most peculiar flowers in the world. Smoke Tree, which is endemic to Europe and Asia, is also known as Eurasian Smoke Tree. Its color can be strikingly varied, from peach and yellow to scarlet.

Judas Tree (Cercis siliquastrum)

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The Judas Tree is a unique flowering plant because oftentimes it bears flowers directly on its trunk. It can be found in Southern Europe and Western Asia. This tree is also remarkable for its prolific display of deep-pink flowers in spring.

Siberian Crabapple (Malus sieboldii)

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This ornamental tree that bears plentiful fragrant white flowers and endemic to Asia is a species of apple. Its red or yellow fruit is edible. It is also used for bonsai.

Chinese Rain Tree (Koelreuteria elegans)

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The pretty Chinese Rain Tree of Taiwan and China is now widely grown throughout the tropics and sub-tropical parts of the world as a street tree. It flowers in early to mid-summer.

Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba)

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Ginkgo is a beautiful tree and one of the best-known examples of a living fossil. It is also known as the Maidenhair Tree.

Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis)

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Eastern Redbud is an attractive small tree native to eastern North America. It is commonly found from Ontario, Canada to Florida in the US.

White Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis)

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White Eastern Redbud is a variant of Eastern Redbud.

Western Redbud (Cercis occidentalis)

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The Western Redbud has showy flowers that are bright pink or magenta and can be found across the American Southwest, from California to Utah. Its beautiful flowers grow in clusters all over the tree, making the plant very colorful and noticeable in the landscape.

Illawarra Flame Tree (Brachychiton acerifolius)

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The large and temperate climate tolerant Illawarra Flame Tree which is native to subtropical regions of Australia is famous for the bright red bell-shaped flowers that often cover the whole tree when it is leafless. It is commonly referred to as a Kurrajong. It is now cultivated world-over for its beauty.

Royal Empress Tree (Paulownia tomentosa)

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Royal Empress Tree of China has large heart-shaped to five-lobed leaves 15-40 cm across, arranged in opposite pairs on the stem. Other common names of this attractive ornamental tree include Empress Tree, Princess Tree, Foxglove Tree, Pao Tong in Chinese and Kiri in Japanese.

Flowering Dogwood Tree (Cornus florida)

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These lovely Flowering Dogwoods are located on the state capitol of Missouri in the US. It is a species endemic to eastern North America from Canada down to Mexico.

Sour Cherry Tree (Prunus cerasus)

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The Sour Cherry of Europe and Asia is also known as Sweet Cherry. It bears fruits that are actually acidic and so is useful primarily for cooking. It has twiggy branches and its crimson-to-near-black cherries are borne upon shorter stalks.

Japanese Cherry (Prunus serrulata)

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After a walk or a jog around the park with your loved one, wouldn’t it be romantic to sit under the lovely and beautiful Japanese Cherry? This species of cherry is endemic to Japan, Korea and China. It is also called Hill Cherry, Oriental Cherry or East Asian Cherry.

Kousa Dogwood (Cornus kousa)

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The Kousa Dogwood of Eastern Asia bear flowers in late spring and is extremely showy when in flower. It is closely related to the Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) of eastern North America. It is also known as Japanese Flowering Dogwood.

Mimosa Tree (Albizia julibrissin)

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Albizia julibrissin is endemic to Asia. It can be seen from Iran to China and Korea. This ornamental tree is named after Filippo del Albizzi, an Italian nobleman who introduced it to Europe in the mid-18th century.

Mulan Magnolia (Magnolia liliiflora)

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Mulan magnolia is native to China but is now widely cultivated in North America and Europe. It blooms profusely in early spring with large pink to purple showy flowers, before the leaf buds open. Other common names include Japanese magnolia, Purple magnolia, Red magnolia, Lily magnolia, Tulip magnolia and Woody-orchid.

Dynamite Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)

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The frost tolerant Dynamite Crape Myrtle is also named Common Crape Myrtle and Crepe Myrtle. It is a beautiful flowering tree that originated from China, Japan and Korea with eaves that are small and dark green changing to yellow and orange in autumn. Its lovely flowers are white, pink, mauve, purple or carmine with crimped petals.