Top10 Landscaping Trees
Everyone likes a meticulously landscaped yard. It looks clean, tasteful, and beautiful. Although landscaping doesn't have to be expensive, it certainly isn't cheap. Some of the most costly items to purchase when landscaping are trees. They can cost anywhere between $50 to $500, so it's important to make the right tree choices when planning your yard. Here's a list of the top 10 trees to help when landscaping.
Before you decide what trees to include in your landscape, think about your needs. Do you need shade, color, or foliage? Whatever you decide, this list of the top 10 landscaping trees may help with your decision.
1
Crab Apple
There are several impressive qualities of a Crab Apple tree. They are inexpensive, fast growers, and absolutely beautiful. While Crab Apples are not large trees, it does not take very long for them to reach full height. During the spring, the Crab Apple tree produces the most beautiful blossom for about two weeks. This tree is a show-stopper.
2
Magnolias
Another beautiful bloomer is the Magnolia tree. Every landscape should have at least one flowering tree. Flowering trees provide color and contrast for a yard. Depending on your preference, you can choose a larger blossomed Magnolia, or an earlier bloomer.
3
Blue Spruce
During the winter months, when other trees have lost their leaves, every landscape should have one evergreen tree for color. The Blue Spruce has a unique greenish blue color which gives the tree it's name. This tree provides striking contrast when the snow falls.
4
Crimson King Maple
While Maple trees are magnificent, there is no Maple more majestic than the Crimson King Maple. This tree is a slow grower, but once it matures, it is breathtaking. The leaves stay a purplish color all year until they fall. During the summer, this tree provides nice contrast to a landscape with other green-leafed trees.
5
Paper Birch
Contrast is everything when planning the perfect landscape. Leaves aren't the only things to consider when purchasing a tree. The Paper Birch tree, for example, is most known for it's striking paper bark. While the leaves are yellow during the fall, passersby notice the unique bark first.
6
Dogwood
Perhaps the best year-round tree is the Dogwood. It has a wonderful feature for almost every season. It blossoms during the spring, has a unique branch pattern during the summer, and brilliant leaf colors during the autumn.
7
Arborvitae
The best windbreak, or privacy wall tree is the Arborvitae. It is an evergreen tree, so it provides a nice green color during the winter months. You can even control the height of these trees by the distance you allow between planting. The further away they are planted, the larger they grow.
8
Nellie R. Stevens Holly
This tree is another colorful winter tree. It,however, provides nice contrast to the needle evergreens. It is known as the wide-leafed evergreen because it has traditional leaves instead of needles. The Nellie R. Stevens Holly also produces a pretty red berry which provides a nice color against the white of winter.
9
Silver Maple
Another impressive Maple is the Silver Maple. This tree provides a unique, silvery color during warmer months. It is also a great shade tree for homes looking for a little break from the sun.
10
Apple
Apple trees are usually only thought of as fruit trees. These trees, however, produces beautiful blossoms during the summer. For this tree, you get beauty and food. What else could you need?
Before you decide what trees to include in your landscape, think about your needs. Do you need shade, color, or foliage? Whatever you decide, this list of the top 10 landscaping trees may help with your decision.
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Comments (2)
But having said that in the right setting in Australia they can work as feature tree's.
I have worked in the industry for 26 years & run a landscape design/construction business, things I would recomend are, light requirements, rainfall, thinbgs like underground wires, piping etc as they can have evasive roots. also for the perfect garden its important to consider what you hope to benefit from it & its use