Top 10 Most Beautiful Tree Species for Urban Greening (Top 10 Most Beautiful Trees Suitable for Urban Greening)



Name of tree: Delonix regia, native to Madagascar, is the most brilliant flowering tree in Zhanjiang.
It is a deciduous tree, up to 9 meters tall. It has an umbrella-shaped crown and drooping branches. Pinnate leaves. In early summer, there are a large number of gorgeous red flowers blooming, as bright as clouds. There are 5 petals and 10 stamens. Every autumn, long and large brown woody pods hang down from the bottom of the tree.
It likes light, grows fast and strong, and is not wind-resistant. It is easy to transplant. It is best used as a landscape tree, but can also be used as a street tree or a shade tree.
【Sausage tree】

Species name: Cassia fistula, native to India, Myanmar, etc., of the Caesalpiniaceae family, deciduous tree, 8-12 meters tall.
Even-pinnate compound leaves, 4-8 pairs of leaflets, long ovate or oblong. Flowers bloom in summer from May to July, racemes, drooping, golden corolla, clusters of yellow flowers swaying in the wind, delightful, pods cylindrical and long, very much like sausages.
Excellent garden tree, street tree.
【Kapok】

Species name: Kapok (Bombax malabaricum) is native to India and other places. It is a deciduous tree species. It can reach 15 meters in height. The tree grows in whorls. The trunk is covered with sore-like conical prickles. The leaves are palmately compound leaves with 5-7 leaflets. In March and April every year, large and bright flowers bloom before the leaves. The fruit is a pod with many kapok fibers wrapped in black seeds. Cotton fibers can be used as fillings for pillows and mattresses. The flowers have the effect of reducing inflammation and swelling. The tree has a beautiful shape and is an excellent garden tree and street tree. It is wind-resistant, strong and easy to transplant.
【Beauty Tree】

Name of tree: Chorisia speciosa, Bombacaceae, native to Brazil and Argentina. Deciduous
tree. 8-15 meters tall, with green trunk and numerous warty thorns on bark. Side branches spread out obliquely and horizontally; leaves are alternate, palmately compound, with 5-7 leaflets, elliptical or obovate, with serrated edges. Flowers bloom from summer to autumn, terminal, racemose, lavender-red inflorescence, 5 petals, with purple spots near the center, beautiful flowers, more flowers and fewer leaves when in full bloom, flowering period lasts for more than 2 months.
It is a favorite of ornamental trees, suitable for garden greening, high-grade landscape trees, and can also be used as street trees. It is very easy to transplant and survive, but not wind-resistant.
【Erythrina】

Species name: Erythrina caffra, Fabaceae, native to tropical Asia, deciduous medium tree, up to 9 meters tall.
Bark is smooth, olive-colored, with thorns on twigs. Leaves have long petioles and three compound leaves, heart-shaped leaflets. Red racemes grow at the top of branches, with almost no leaves when in bloom. The pods are black, with dark red seeds inside. The seeds can be cooked and eaten. It likes warm and windy places and is resistant to water and humidity. The flowers are butterfly-shaped, brightly colored, bright red, dazzling and eye-catching, and can be used as a landscape tree and shade tree.
【Yellow flower shield column wood】

Species name: Peltophorum pterocarpum, native to the Caesalpinaceae family and Vietnam. A medium deciduous tree, up to 12 meters tall, with an extended crown and graceful pinnate leaves.
Even-pinnate leaves, 8-12 leaflets. Branchlets densely covered with rusty hairs. Very long and variable flowering period. Blooms in summer, racemes terminal, corolla yellow, 5 slightly wrinkled petals, flowers lasting shortly before falling off. Flat dark red pods, persistent.
Wind-resistant, easy to transplant and survive. Suitable as a garden tree or street tree.
【Fake Apple Po】

Species name: Aleurites moluccana, a native tree of the family Sterculiaceae, native to southern China and southwestern Indochina, is the main native tree species in Zhanjiang. It grows up to 20 meters tall with a broad crown. It blooms light red flowers in early summer. Some trees lose their leaves in July and August, and the fruit ripens in autumn, which is bright red and quite gorgeous. It bears abundant fruits in autumn, with bright colors and high ornamental value. It likes to grow in sunny and humid places, has strong wind resistance, and its leaves can cure bruises. It is mostly distributed in mountains and fields, especially in Feng Shui forests.
【Fan Leaf Sugar Palm】

Species name: Borassus flabellifer, a palm tree native to India. Single trunk, 20 meters high. Fan-shaped leaves, 3 meters in diameter, petiole below often persists for many years. Dioecious. Light-loving and drought-tolerant. With a planting history of more than 1,000 years, it is an important economic palm. Leaves can be used as mulch, fruit is edible, and inflorescence can be used to make sugar and wine. The plant has a spectacular and beautiful shape and is an excellent landscape specimen tree.
【Washington Sunflower】

Species name: Washingtonia robusta, palm family, native to Mexico. Single trunk, up to 30 meters tall, with significantly enlarged base of stem, and persistent stalks in reddish brown. Palmate leaves, with many white filamentous fibers between the lobes of young leaves, very similar to an old man's beard, so it is also called old man's palm. Its dead leaves can hang for many years without falling. Deep roots have strong wind resistance, and it is the fastest growing cold-resistant palm. Good wind resistance, neat and majestic tree shape, can form a majestic landscape, easy to clean, and wide view. Mainly used as a street tree and main landscape plant.
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