Colorful trees and flowers in Central China: 53 species
Red maple: Red maple is a small deciduous tree with red branches all year round. The leaf shape and size are similar to those of the Acer truncatum. The new leaves are cream yellow, yellow-green in summer, brilliant gold in autumn, and the branches show a dazzling coral red after the leaves fall in winter.
Huangshan Koelreuteria: Huangshan Koelreuteria is highly adaptable, fast-growing, has few diseases and pests, and has a tall and graceful tree shape. In addition, the crown of the tree is covered with bright yellow flowers in late summer and early autumn. In late autumn, the red capsules that look like strings of lanterns and the bright yellow autumn leaves complement each other. It is suitable as a garden shade tree, street tree and garden tree. It can also be used as a shelterbelt, soil and water conservation and barren hill greening tree species.
Red maple: Red maple is a small deciduous tree with red leaves in spring and autumn and purple leaves in summer. Young leaves are red, and old leaves are purple all year round. Corymbs, terminal, polygamous flowers. The fruit is purple when young and yellow-brown when mature, with a spherical core.
Liquidambar: Liquidambar leaves turn red, purple, orange, etc. when the temperature difference between day and night increases in autumn, adding to the autumn colors in the garden. It can be planted alone or in groups on the grass, or mixed with other trees on hillsides or by the pond. If planted with evergreen trees, the red and green contrast in autumn will be particularly beautiful.
Acer truncatum: Acer truncatum has a graceful tree shape and beautiful leaves. The leaf ends are three shallowly lobed, like duck webs, and are quite ornamental. In early spring, new leaves begin to bloom, and they are fresh and green; in autumn, the leaves turn dark red or old yellow, which is more pleasing to the eye. If you remove the old leaves in late summer and early autumn and apply quick-acting nitrogen fertilizer once, fresh new leaves will appear half a month later, which are light green or red, which can increase its ornamental effect.
Soapberry: Soapberry has a straight trunk, wide branches and leaves, and dense green shade. In winter, the leaves are all golden yellow, so it is also called the golden tree. It can be regarded as one of the colorful leaf trees. In October, the fruits are abundant and beautiful in orange and yellow. It is an excellent foliage and fruit viewing tree for greening.
Metasequoia: Metasequoia is a "living fossil" tree species and an ornamental tree species with autumn leaves. It is most suitable for planting in rows in gardens, but can also be planted in clusters or patches. It can be used for greening embankments, lakesides, poolsides, courtyards, etc. It can also be potted or planted in patches to create landscape forests. It is suitable for evergreen ground cover plants; it can also be planted in front of buildings or used as a street tree.
Elaeocarpus: Elaeocarpus has dense branches and leaves. Some of the leaves turn red after frost, alternating between red and green, which is very beautiful. It is suitable for planting in clusters on lawns, slopes, forest edges, in front of courtyards, and at intersections. It can also be planted as a background tree for other flowers and trees. It is an excellent tree species for garden viewing and greening.
Golden Pine: Golden Pine can be used as a garden. It has a beautiful tree shape. Its leaves grow in clusters on short branches and spread out into discs, resembling copper coins. Its leaves turn golden yellow in late autumn, making it very ornamental. This tree is one of the precious ornamental trees. It is one of the five major park tree species in the world, along with Araucaria, Cedrus, Golden Pine and Sequoia. Golden Pine is tall and has a straight trunk. Its leaves turn golden yellow in autumn, which is very beautiful. It can be planted alone, in clusters, in rows or as a landscape forest.
Hybrid Liriodendron (Hybrid Tulip Tree): Hybrid Liriodendron has an upright trunk, a broad crown, dense branches and leaves, large and beautiful flowers in spring, and leaves that turn yellow in autumn. It is suitable as a garden tree and street tree, or planted on lawns and in front of buildings.
Liriodendron tulipifera (Liriodendron chinense): Liriodendron tulipifera has large and beautiful flowers, solitary at the top of branches, 9 tepals, 3 outer calyx-shaped, green, 2 inner petal-shaped, yellow-green, with yellow stripes at the base, shaped like a tulip. In autumn, the leaves are golden yellow, like yellow jackets, and are precious street trees and garden ornamental trees.
Golden willow: Golden willow has a beautiful tree shape and strong resistance to diseases and insects. It is one of the excellent tree species for urban and rural greening and beautification. Chinese tallow tree: Chinese tallow tree has a neat crown and beautiful leaves. Its autumn leaves are in full bloom after frost, which is very beautiful. It is praised as "Chinese tallow tree is redder than maple, and it is the middle of February in the garden". If it is matched with pavilions, flower walls, rocks, etc., it is also very harmonious. In winter, the white Chinese tallow tree fruits hang on the branches for a long time without withering, which is also quite beautiful.
Mulberry tree: The mulberry tree has a broad crown and dense leaves. The leaves turn yellow in autumn, which is quite beautiful. It has strong adaptability and is a good greening and economic tree species.
Golden Osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans): Osmanthus fragrans is one of the ten traditional flowers. It is an excellent garden tree species that combines greening, beautification and fragrance for both ornamental and practical purposes. The fragrance of osmanthus fragrans is so pure that it can be smelled far away, and it is truly unique.
Yew: Yew is an evergreen tree with alternate twigs that turn yellow-green or light reddish brown in autumn. The branches and leaves are compact but not dense, and stretched but not loose. The red stems, red branches, green leaves and red beans make it have multiple ornamental values in terms of stems, branches, leaves and fruits.
Chinese plane tree: Chinese plane tree is also a beautiful ornamental plant, which is dotted in gardens and in front of houses, and is also planted as a street tree. Its leaves are palm-shaped and cleft like flowers. It blooms in summer, and it is monoecious. The flowers are small, light yellow-green, and the inflorescence is terminal. It looks bright and vivid when in full bloom.
Liquidambar formosana: Liquidambar formosana is one of the most commonly used garden ornamental trees because of its rapid growth, attractive appearance, and unique flower shape. It is a very beautiful garden and roadside tree species.
North American cedar: North American cedar has reddish brown or orange-red bark, rarely gray-brown, and cracks longitudinally into strips and flakes that fall off; the leaves are scale-shaped, with pointed tips, the leaves on the twigs are green or dark green, and the leaves on the lower branches are gray-green or light yellow-green; the cones are upright and green when young, then turn yellow-green, light yellow or yellow-brown, and light reddish brown when mature.
Juniper: Juniper is an excellent garden tree species with beautiful tree shape. It can be planted alone or in rows to form a special landscape. The tree has a graceful posture, with thin and drooping branches; the trunk is vigorous, the needles are dense and green; the reddish-brown or orange-brown cones do not fall off for a long time.
Albizia Julibrissin: Albizia Julibrissin is a deciduous tree with gray-brown bark, funnel-shaped corolla, 5-lobed, light red, umbel-shaped inflorescence, calyx and petals are yellow-green, 5-lobed, and the upper part of the filaments are red or pink.
Hibiscus: Hibiscus blooms in late autumn, blooms vigorously, and has many varieties. Its flower color and shape vary greatly depending on the variety. It is a good ornamental tree species. Because of its large and colorful flowers, it has been planted in gardens since ancient times. It can be planted alone or in clusters by the wall, roadside, in front of the hall, etc.
Koelreuteria paniculata: Koelreuteria paniculata has an umbrella-shaped crown, yellow flowers, and capsules that turn red in autumn. It is a gorgeous ornamental tree species.
Persimmon tree: Persimmon tree is a large deciduous tree. Its fruit color changes from green to yellow and turns red when ripe. Its red leaves look like drunkenness and its red fruit looks like fire. It is a common fruit-viewing plant. It is widely used in urban greening. It is particularly magnificent when planted alone on lawns or open spaces in gardens or in rows on both sides of streets.
Magnolia: Magnolia is a deciduous tree with large, fragrant white to lavender flowers in a cup-shaped corolla. The flowers bloom first, followed by leaves, and the flowering period is about 10 days. It is a famous flower tree and an important ornamental tree in early spring in the south.
Magnolia: Magnolia is a famous early spring ornamental flower. When it blooms in early spring, the tree is full of purple-red flowers, with a graceful and elegant appearance and unique charm. It is suitable for planting in the front and back yards of classical gardens, and can also be planted alone or scattered in small courtyards.
Acer palmatum: Acer palmatum has beautiful leaves, which turn bright red in autumn, and are as bright as flowers and clouds. It is an excellent foliage-viewing tree. No matter where it is planted, it is fascinating. It is very suitable to be planted on lawns, mounds, streams, pools, roadsides, walls, pavilions, corridors, and rocks. It is particularly beautiful if it is set against evergreen trees or white walls.
Red-fruited holly: Red-fruited holly has a tall crown and bears abundant red fruits in autumn and winter. It is suitable as a shade tree in the garden or a landscape tree. It can be used as a hedge or bonsai, and the fruit branches can be placed in a vase for viewing.
Melia azedarach: Melia azedarach has a beautiful tree shape and lovely leaves. It blooms beautiful lavender flowers in spring and summer, which have a light fragrance and are suitable as garden shade trees and roadside trees.
Cornus officinalis: Cornus officinalis blooms first and then sprouts leaves. In autumn, it is full of red fruits that are bright red and pleasing to the eye. It is a great choice for viewing fruits in autumn and winter. It is very popular in landscaping and can be planted alone or in groups in gardens and flower beds. The landscape effect is very beautiful.
Horse chestnut: Horse chestnut has a graceful tree shape, large and beautiful flowers, and peculiar fruit shape. It is a rare tree species for viewing leaves, flowers, and fruits, and is one of the world's famous ornamental tree species.
Colorful-leaved dwarf dwarf dwarf: Colorful-leaved dwarf dwarf can be viewed for both leaves and flowers. The introduced varieties can be roughly divided into two series: leaf viewing and flower viewing. The leaf viewing series can be divided into three series according to leaf color: red leaves, flower leaves, and green leaves. The flower viewing series can be divided into two series: red flowers and white flowers. In the blooming season, the red flower series is colorful and gorgeous; the white flower series is like flowing clouds and waterfalls, fresh and elegant.
Koelreuteria paniculata: Koelreuteria paniculata is a deciduous tree with red leaves in spring, yellow flowers in summer, yellow leaves in autumn, purple-red fruits in the shape of lanterns, very beautiful; Koelreuteria paniculata has strong adaptability and distinct seasonal phases, making it an ideal greening and foliage-viewing tree. Koelreuteria paniculata is a tree for viewing leaves in spring, flowers in summer, and fruits in autumn and winter. It has been widely used as a shade tree, street tree, and landscape tree, and is also used as a greening tree in residential areas, factory areas, and villages.
Ginkgo: Ginkgo trees are tall and straight, with fan-shaped leaves, strong adaptability, and resistance to smoke, fire, and toxic gases. Ginkgo trees have straight trunks and graceful postures. They are green in spring and summer and golden in late autumn. They are ideal for landscaping and roadside trees. They can be used for landscaping, roadside, highways, field forest networks, and windbreaks.
Purple-leaf plum: Purple-leaf plum leaves are purple-red all year round. It is a famous foliage tree species. It is suitable for single or group planting and can set off the background. Especially the shiny purple leaves, among the green leaves, are like a never-fading flower, forming a beautiful landscape among the green mountains and green waters.
Crape myrtle tree: Crape myrtle has a graceful posture, curved branches, bright flowers, and blooms in the summer and autumn when there are few flowers. It is an important ornamental flowering tree species in gardens in summer and autumn.
Golden Cotinus: Golden Cotinus has dense golden leaves and white flowers. In autumn, it displays rich colors, orange, red and coral, which is very charming. The leaves of Golden Cotinus will not burn under strong direct sunlight. Under sufficient light, the leaves will become very transparent, and the golden color is more dazzling. In autumn, it appears orange, red, etc. In summer, the white flowers are like a cloud of green smoke. In Europe, people also call it the "smoke tree". Golden Cotinus has a wide range of uses and can be planted in gardens, courtyards, etc.
Cherry Blossom: Cherry blossoms are bright and colorful, with luxuriant branches and leaves. They are an important ornamental tree species in early spring and are widely used for garden viewing. When in full bloom, the flowers are numerous and gorgeous, covering the entire tree, like clouds and rosy clouds, which is extremely spectacular. They can be planted in large areas to create a "sea of flowers" landscape, or in clusters of three or five to embellish the green space to form a colorful cluster, or they can be planted alone.
Big Leaf Crape Myrtle: Big Leaf Crape Myrtle has dense branches and leaves, gorgeous flowers, and flowing branches. The leaves turn red or dark red in winter. It is an important flower and leaf ornamental tree species in landscaping. It has good greening effect and a very long flowering period. It can be viewed for up to 7 months throughout the year.
Berberis rubra (Berberis rubra): Berberis rubra is a deciduous shrub with purple-red or dark red young branches and gray-brown or purple-brown old branches. The leaves are small, entire, rhombus-shaped or obovate, purple-red to bright red, and the back of the leaves is slightly lighter.
Red Rocket Crape Myrtle: Red Rocket Crape Myrtle is a new variety of American red crape myrtle. It is one of the varieties with the brightest red flowers. The flowers are as bright red as national flags. The flower clusters can reach 24 inches. The flowers are large in number and bright in color. The color blocks planted in the patches are a sea of fire when they bloom.
Begonia: Begonia has a beautiful tree shape, blooms in spring, and is full of golden fruits in autumn, with a fragrant aroma. It is suitable to be planted alone in the front and back of the courtyard, planted in pairs at the entrance of the Tianmen Hall, planted in a corner of the lawn, or planted with other flowers and trees. It is generally used as an ornamental tree for urban greening and beautification. Holly: Holly has firm and shiny leaves and bright red berries, which are clustered on the branches. It grows healthily and vigorously, has a high ornamental value, and is an excellent ornamental tree species in the garden.
Ligustrum lucidum: Ligustrum lucidum is a colorful garden tree species. It is suitable for planting in clusters or patches in open areas, by water or beside buildings; it can also be used at the edge of a forest; it can also be planted in regular spherical shapes on both sides of a road, or in a courtyard.
Photinia fraseri: It is an evergreen small tree. Its new leaves are bright red in spring, turn green in summer, and turn red in autumn, winter, and spring. The color becomes darker with heavy frost and is even better at low temperatures. When used as a street tree, its stems stand like torches; when used as a hedge, it looks like a lying fire dragon; when pruned for landscaping, it can be shaped in various ways, creating a beautiful landscape effect.
Forsythia suspensa: Forsythia suspensa blooms before leaves in early spring. The flowers are fragrant and bright, and the branches are full of golden yellow. They are gorgeous and lovely. It is an excellent early spring flowering shrub. It is suitable for placement beside houses, pavilion steps, wall corners, under fences and roadsides. It is also suitable for planting beside streams, pools, rocks and rockery. Because of its well-developed root system, it can be planted as a flower hedge or embankment protection tree.
Winter jasmine: Winter jasmine has drooping branches, blooms first and leaves later in late winter to early spring, with golden flowers and emerald green leaves. In landscaping, it is suitable to be placed by the lake, stream, bridge head, wall corner, or on lawns, forest edges, slopes, and around houses for viewing flowers in early spring.
Holly: Holly has a beautiful shape. After winter, the leaves fall off and the branches are covered with bright red berries. When beautifying parks or garden projects, it can be planted in rows or pairs in front of the courtyard, beside the door, in clusters on lawns, roadsides, forest edges, rocks, and water hills to beautify the garden landscape. It is an excellent fruit-viewing tree species in autumn and winter.
Nandina domestica: Nandina domestica has beautiful plants, bright fruits, clumps of stems, and lush leaves. In autumn and winter, the leaves turn red, and the fruits are red and do not fall off for a long time, making it a good choice for viewing leaves and fruits.
Oleander: The leaves of oleander are like willows and bamboos, and its red flowers are brighter than peach blossoms. The corolla is pink to dark red or white and has a special fragrance. The flowering period is from June to October. It is a famous ornamental flower.
Canna: Canna has lush branches and leaves, large and colorful flowers, and a long flowering period. It blooms during the hot season with few flowers, which can greatly enrich the colors and seasonal changes in landscaping, making the garden landscape clear, beautiful and natural.
Golden Leaf Caryopteris: Its leaves are elegant and have a particularly good effect in setting off colors. It is an excellent garden landscaping shrub. There are two types of Golden Leaf Caryopteris. One has golden leaves and the other has emerald green leaves.