Growing Pink Flowering Trees
Below you will find a list of Trees from our plant database that are pink flowering. If you click any of the photos, you will see a Virtual Plant Tag that may contain plant descriptions, usage suggestions and a link to where you can buy that plant for your landscaping. The concept of a tree can be difficult to define since different people might consider the same plant a broadleaf evergreen, needled evergreen, conifer, bush or shrub.
Uses for these trees vary by variety, and may also thrive in partial shade, partial sun, full shade or full sun. These trees may do equally well in wet soil, average moisture or dry conditions.
Our focused search engine that sorts the data includes anything relevant. This can be confusing on pages like these because plants with flowers with pink outer petals or flowers that start pink but fade to white and similar situations are included.
Suggested native trees with pink, rose, rosy-red blooms include: Carolina Silverbell cultivar (Halesia tetraptera 'Rosea', the pink variation of Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida var. rubra) and interesting cultivars and hybrid cultivars.
For pink blooming trees, Magnolias are without equal. Spring wouldn't be spring without early blooming Sargent (M. sargentii) and Zen (M. zenii); Saucer (M. x. soulangiana) that is nicely heat tolerant into northern Florida; Star (M. stellata) and too many cultivars to mention individually from x veitchii, Felix Jury, Gresham, x loebneri, and x brooklynensis hybrids from the Brooklyn Botanical Garden.
As long as the plants aren't invasive, non-native or introduced plants can add a new look to the landscape garden. Europe and Asia have given American gardeners numerous lovely pink flowering trees that include: Chinese Hibiscus (H. rosa-sinensis), Crapemyrtle, a summer garden staple for Zone 6 and south (Lagerstroemia) has vibrant purple selections that have increased hardiness with recent breeding advances, many lovely Flowering Cherry and Plums (Prunus) especially Yoshino Cherry (Prunus x yedoensis) famous from the Tidal Basin in Washington D.C., Flowering Crabapples (Malus) and hybrid cultivars, Japanese Apricot (P. mume), Japanese Camellia, Kousa Dogwood's pink cultivars & hybrid cultivars, Rose of Sharon or Shrub Althea (Hibiscus syriacus).
Trees that flower pink add a feeling of playfulness to the home garden. The romantic pink hues can be enjoyed throughout the season and blend well with cool colors of purple, blue and white but also with warm colors of red, magenta, fuchsia and yellow.
