Use these trees with white flowers to add elegance and romance to your front yard.
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Trees with white flowers are often seen as harbingers of spring.
So, no matter where you live, there are trees with white flowers to plant in your yard.
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Many of these easy-to-grow trees not only produce an abundance of white blooms but also display gorgeous fall colors.
For locations with less room, try the smaller cultivar Little Gem that only reaches about 20 feet.
Both the Southern magnolia and it’s ‘Little Gem" cultivar are best suited for USDA zones 7-10.
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This gorgeous, eye-catching tree is hardy in zones 5-9 and climbs to about 15 to 30 feet.
But dont worry about a messthistree is a bird magnet.
Carolina Silverbell
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This tree with white flowers deserves a far greater following.
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Aside from an occasional touch-up, Carolina silverbells never need pruning to maintain their form.
The state tree of Ohio produces creamy white flowers in spring followed by large, dark brown nuts.
Topping out around 40 to 60 feet, this beautiful tree needs room to grow.
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It’s also pretty messy, so it is not recommended for planting around homes.
But, inzones 3-7, this tree shines in a large yard with plenty of space.
It’s best grown in zones 4-8.
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Eastern redbuds (Cercis canadensisf.alba) can be grown in zones 4-9 and are perfect for smaller lots.
Up close, its white spring flowers and heart-shaped blue-green leaves can be better enjoyed throughout the growing season.
Thefringe treeis another small but wide tree with white flowers that blooms in late spring or early summer.
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It requires plenty of space to fill out and prefersfull sunto part shade in zones 3-9.
Named after Benjamin Franklin, this flowering beauty isnative to Georgiaand grows upwards of about 20 feet tall.
Unlike most trees with white flowers, Franklin trees typically bloom from midsummer to first frost.
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It thrives in zones 5-9 but unfortunately, is no longer found in the wild.
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Avoid planting Bradford pear trees (also known as Callery pear orPyrus calleryana).
American yellowwood trees are also prized for their fragrant blossoms which bear a clover and vanilla-like fragrance.
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Most magnolias are also simple to cultivate when planted in full sun and moist but rich,well-drained soil.
Ohio Buckeye Aesculus glabra Willd- Plant Guide.
United States Department of Agriculture- Natural Resources Conservation Service.
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