Tag: flowering tree

Tabebuia in Bloom: A Tale of Two Spectacular Shades

by Jamie Daugherty, Ph.D.
July 25, 2025

In Central Florida, we are fortunate to enjoy not one, but two stunning species of Tabebuia that add bursts of seasonal color to our landscape. These showy trees are part of the Bignoniaceae family, known for their impressive trumpet-shaped ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Flowering Tree, Golden Trumpet Tree, Handroanthus Chrysotricha, HHandroanthus Pentaphyllus, Pink Trumpet Tree, Tabebuia, Tabebuia Chrysotricha, Tabebuia Heterophylla

Blue skies, golden showers

by Ralph Mitchell
June 24, 2024

The first Wednesday in June I was able to stop at the History Park in Punta Gorda to see an amazing site – the flowering of the golden shower tree. This magnificent flowering tree put on a show of golden-yellow cascading flowers against ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Cassia, Flowering Tree, Golden Showers

The Silk Floss Tree

by Hannah Eason
August 16, 2022

The Silk Floss Tree commands attention in every season. From a stunning floral display, to the trunk laden with menacing spines, to the palmate foliage, it is no wonder this rainforest tree has found a place in managed landscapes around ... READ MORE

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Flowering Trees of Central Florida

by John Roberts
October 30, 2021

Why Flowering Trees? Most trees, like pines, oaks, elms, hickories, ashes, and maples, produce relatively inconspicuous flowers. If you have room for another tree and want to add a splash of seasonal color, there are many options at your disposal ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Cflandscapes, Flower, Flowering Tree, Selection, Trees, Urban Tree

What’s in Bloom? …Loblolly-Bay

by John Roberts
August 2, 2021

An Overlooked Southern Belle Lobllolly-bay is a native species with which many gardeners have yet to be acquainted. Although a native to the American southeast, the white flowers would have appeal within many Old World gardens that often ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Flowering Tree, Native Tree, Underutilized Tree, White Flower

What’s in Bloom? …South American Yellow Poinciana

by John Roberts
July 9, 2021

Not that poinciana… and not that one either… Throughout late Spring to mid-summer certain streets of the I-4 corridor are inhabited by hulking yellow figures that peer over buildings and walls throughout the urbanized landscape. Despite ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Fast Growing Tree, Flowering Tree, Subtropical, Tree, Yellow Flower

What’s in Bloom? …Southern Magnolia

by John Roberts
June 28, 2021

A Statuesque Beauty Adapted for the heat of the Deep South, these large trees tend to thrive in most of Florida. Magnolias are a staple landscape material, and perhaps outside of the live oak (Quercus virginiana), very few large trees possess ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Flowering Tree, Magnolia, Native Plant, Southern Magnolia

Fact sheet: Hoptree

by kathywarner
May 18, 2017

This cultivar of the deciduous North American native tree reaches 15 feet in height with a spread of 10 to 15 feet and forms a broad, rounded canopy over a slender, grey trunk. The trifoliate, four to six-inch-long leaves emerge a bright yellow ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Demonstration Garden, Flowering Tree, Ptelea Trifoliate, Tree

Fact sheet: Crape-myrtle

by kathywarner
May 17, 2017

A long period of striking summer flower color, attractive fall foliage, and good drought-tolerance all combine to make Crape-Myrtle a favorite small tree for either formal or informal landscapes. It is highly recommended for planting in urban ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Crape-myrtle, Demonstration Garden, Flowering Tree, Lagerstroemia X, Tree

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