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The Augusta National Golf Club was fonded by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts. It opened in 1932 and has been has been home to the prestigious Masters Tournament since 1934. Situated in Augusta Georgia, the course is one of the most well known courses in the world, not to mention one of the most stunning too. The course is located on land that, once upon a time, used to be a fruit tree nursery.

A Beautiful Sight to Behold

Sixty one large magnolia trees line the road from the entrance gate to the clubhouse. This is Magnolia Lane – it’s 330 yards long and it dates back to the late 1850s. The Augusta national golf club is full of beautiful trees, flowers and shrubs. Every hole on this stunning course has been given the name of a tree or a shrub that can be found on that particular hole. In the its early days it stood out from other golf courses due to the small number of bunkers it contained.

Changes to the Course

Course architects have made various design changes to Augusta over the years. More bunkers have been built on the course and the number of contours on the greens was reduced when the type of grass on the greens was changed in 1981 from Bermuda grass to Bent grass which provided a faster playing surface. More trees have been placed on the course and also more rough areas have been created. The greens at the Augusta course had a long tradition of being made from Bermuda grass.

Fans of Augusta are probably familiar with the big oak tree that is located on the course side of the Augusta clubhouse and is thought to be between 145 and 150 years of age. The Eisenhower tree is a Loblolly Pine which is situated on the 17th hole of the Augusta national golf club course.

Historians of the course claim that the tree was hit with a golf ball so many times by President Eisenhower that he recommend that they remove the tree form the course completely. The chairman of the golf course at the time did not want to have to dismiss the recommendation of President Eisenhower but he also didn’t want to get rid of the tree and so he decided the best thing to do would be to adjourn the meeting.

Ike’s Pond was also named after Eisenhower who at the time was a general. He had taken a walk in the woods on the eastern portion of the Augusta national Golf Club grounds and informed the chairman of the club that he had located a great place to build a dam if he ever wanted to create a fishpond. The pond was built based on his recommendation and takes up three acres. The Augusta national golf club course is, without doubt, one of the most beautiful golf courses in the world.

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Before planting new tree assess both your needs and the existing conditions of your site. Trees, like all garden plants, have specific light and soil requirements which can influence its health. Trees also have specific space requirements. Some trees spread wide and need a lot of space, such as the beech, while others, such as the birch, grow tall and narrow. Unlike other garden plants, however, trees tend to be permanent features in the landscape so proper placement is critical.

Assess your garden’s needs. Does your garden need shade or color? How much space do you have? Trees need a lot of room as they mature. Trees that are 10′ at the nursery can easily reach 20′ in a matter of years and may reach 50′ or more at maturity. Improperly sited trees and shrubs are a common mistake among gardeners. Trees planted to close to a house or garden path may require frequent pruning, resulting in awkwardly shaped trees. In many instances, transplanting becomes necessary resulting in more work than originally planned.

If you want to create a shady spot in the garden, figure out how much shade you want. Trees such as the thornless honey locust and the river birch provide dappled shade and create comfortable outdoor gathering spaces. For creating deeper shade, large trees with dense foliage such as the beech and maple are useful.

Deciduous trees, those which loose their leaves in the fall, create shade in the summer but allow sunlight through in the winter. These trees are effective when used to increas energy efficiency. Planted to shade a house from the summer sum, trees have a cooling effect, in the winter, trees without their leaves allow the sun to heat the home.

Trees can serve as wonderful focal points in the landscape. In a field, a sugar maple can stand alone in the landscape a have a stunning effect. Large trees with interesting form and year-round interest are suitable as a focal point or a specimen plant. Trees can also be effective when used to frame views, garden art and vistas.

Flowering ornamental trees, such as the flowering crabapple, cherry and magnolia, provide stunning blooms in the spring. These ornamental trees are generally smaller so they can be used in any size garden and closer to structures.

As an accent in the smaller garden, ornamental trees can provide the garden with some shade and add character to the landscape. For example, the dogwood begins the season with showy flowers and red fruit. After the dogwood’s colorful fall foliage falls to the ground its bark which flakes with age becomes exposed providing the garden with interest through the winter. A more exotic choice would be the Japanese maple. Its striking, sculptural form and red foliage make the Japanese maple a year-round joy. The birch tree’s beautiful form is a year-round feature but is most noticeable in the winter after it sheds its brilliant autumn foliage.

All deciduous trees change color in the fall; some, however, are treasured more than others for their autumn foliage. The sugar maple, red maple, tupelo and sumac all have brilliant fall color.

Don’t overlook features such as a plant’s form, colorful berries and interesting bark. It is these features which are treasured through the winter months. Berry producing plants also provide wildlife with food. Both the birch and aforementioned Japanese maple, have beautiful forms and are year-round features.

Choosing the appropriate tree for your garden requires some planning. Trees can be difficult to transplant so planting the right tree in the right location is critical. With some initial planning, trees which are appropriately located and planted, can last a lifetime with little or no maintenance.

The State of Virginia has adapted the dogwood flowering tree as its State tree, and many cities in America have named themselves ‘The Dogwood City.’ Atlanta, Georgia holds a spring festival every April to coincide with the flowering of the of the dogwood trees in Atlanta, Georgia. The Dogwood Festival has continued for 70 years, successfully attracting visitors for events such as outdoor musical extravaganzas in Piedmont Park and the attraction of many artists to display and sell to those visitors who wish to buy pottery, sculpture, oil paintings, and photographs.

Flowering dogwood trees, Cornus florida, were discovered in the South by William Bartram in 1773; these trees were beautifully described in his exploratory book, Travels (page 399). Near Mobile, Alabama. Bartram encountered a grove of dogwood trees that aggressively covered an area 9 miles long. The dogwood trees were growing so thick that sunlight was practically excluded, and almost all other plant life was excluded except for an occasional white flowering Magnolia grandiflora. The land on which the white flowering dogwood tree grew was level soil that was loose with a humid black organic mould on the surface with dogwood roots growing into a stiff yellowish clay. The limbs of the flowering dogwood trees were interlocking and spread horizontally at a tree height of 12 feet. The vast interlocking limbs of the dogwood trees covered the entire area as a shade tree that cooled the camping area used by William Bartram. After exploring for another seventy miles, Bartram wrote “spacious groves of this fine flowering tree, which must, in the spring season, when covered with blossoms, present a most pleasing scene; when at the same time a variety of other sweet shrubs display their beauty.

The white flowering dogwood is a native tree to the forests of America and has been exported worldwide as a seedling dogwood and as a grafted white dogwood also flowering in pink and red. The pink flowering dogwood is available to buy as a seed grown tree, but the most desirable, stable, predictable pink dogwood trees are nursery grafted trees. Red flowering dogwood trees are not available as seedling trees, but as grafted cultivars, such as the Cherokee Chief, red flowering dogwood tree.

The dogwood tree, Cornus florida, is very adaptable in America, ranging from Massachusetts to Florida, and the tree is generally grown as an understory tree 12-15 feet tall, although some old specimens of 40 feet tall are recorded. The flowering dogwood tree is perfect for planting and growing in a small garden or in large parks and as big landscape specimen trees. Dogwood has the unusual quality of growing well when planted beneath pine trees, where only a few other shrubs such as redbud trees, azalea plants, and camellia shrubs can compete successfully, because of the dense root pine tree competition near the surface of the ground.

The flowering of dogwood trees begins in early spring and the flowering lasts 2 to 3 weeks. Oval berries of bright red are formed following the blooms and persist on the trees into fall and winter after leaves are shed, and until they are eaten by wildlife and birds. In the fall the dogwood trees are covered in brilliant red leaves that change to purple. The fallen dogwood leaves are very fragile and usually easily deteriorate without raking. Flowering dogwood trees will grow well underneath oak tree shade as well as under pine trees, but the dogwood tree remarkably will grow well in full sun. Dogwood trees are well adapted to stress and are very tolerant of dry weather. Dogwood trees are tolerant of cold weather, and thrive in USDA zones 5 through 9.

Every landscape gardener appreciates the spring blooms of the white flowering dogwood trees as a background companion tree for flowering redbud trees or in a combination of flowering azalea shrubs in colors of red, pink, purple, or white.

Dogwood trees can be propagated by growing from the seed or by rooting the cutting, but the best dogwood cultivars are grown from grafted trees. The Cloud Nine, flowering, white dogwood tree produces very large (hand-size) blooms, especially in the juvenile stage. The Weaver’s Select, white, flowering dogwood tree is grafted and can produce a flower 6 inches wide.

The dogwood tree has been rumored to have been the wood from which the crucifixion cross of Jesus Christ was made in the year 33 AD. This rumor is ridiculous in several respects: first, there is not Biblical record of dogwood trees in the Scriptures of the Old Testament Bible or the New Testament. Most plant references in the Bible are very vague except for a few references to the date palm tree, olive tree, pomegranate trees, fig tree, and grape vines. The identity of those plants and trees is obvious, because of their fruits that are produced, but accurate plant identity could not be done easily until Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish physician, suggested rules on naming plants in the early 1700’s.

There are many species of dogwood trees and shrubs, but it is unlikely that any of the Mideastern species of dogwood trees grew trunks large enough to shape into a crucifixion cross. The wood of the dogwood tree is so hard and dense that nails driven into the wood would split the wood. That tree definitely could not have been the North American dogwood tree, Cornus florida, since that tree did not grow in Israel at the time of Jesus Christ.

Perhaps the reason for the rumor is that the dogwood tree was the wood of the crucifixion cross is the fact that the four white bracts (flower) are shaped like a cross. This resemblance of a white cross-shaped flower occurs in innumerable species of flowers of trees and, of course, should not be given any weight of evidence of the dogwood tree wood being the substance of crucifixions by the Jewish High Priest and the Roman rulers.

Most flowering trees are small and can be planted in full sun or partial shade, being easily adapted to small yards. The Japanese Saucer Magnolia, Magnolia x Soulangiana, awakens in late winter or early spring. First growing flower buds that increase in size as the weather warms up, burst into dramatic flower colors of purple, pink, white, red, and yellow; the yellow flowering magnolia is the rarest. If freezing weather occurs, as it often does during the late winter or early spring, the flowers will wither from the tree, but most often will rebloom, as the weather warms up again.

Crabapple flowering trees are cloud-like, fluffy white, pink or red in color, and often bloom along with the flowering dogwood trees and the pink redbud trees. The white dogwood, Cornus florida, flowering trees are among the most generally planted and grafted pink dogwood cultivars, and red dogwood trees are available to buy commercially, but are much more expensive. White dogwood trees, Cornus florida, were discovered and described as growing in Florida and Alabama in 1773, by the famous American botanist and explorer, William Bartram, who wrote in his book, Travels, page 399, “We now entered a very remarkable grove of Dogwood Trees (Cornus Florida) … an … admirable grove by way of eminence has acquired the name of the Dogwoods … spacious groves of this fine flowering tree, which must, in the Spring season, when covered with blooms, present a most pleasing scene.”

Flowering cherry trees in the primitive wild forests were described by William Bartram, in his book Travels, on page 196, as “delightful grove of … Prunus Caroliniana, a most beautiful evergreen, decorated with its sweet, white blossoms.” This flowering cherry tree today is known as the Cherry Laurel, and is in high demand as an evergreen privacy screen that produces in late spring, fragrant white flowers. American gardeners have been struck with the beauty of the long list of varieties of Japanese, flowering cherry trees. The most important Japanese flowering cherry tree is the Kwanzan, Prunus serrulata ‘Kwanzan’, that grows splendidly as a beautiful garden specimen, abundantly clothed in early spring with large, double-flowering blossoms, that grows up to 25 feet tall. 350 of these trees were planted in Washington, D.C., in 1912, by the First Lady, wife of President Taft, and 1800 Yoshino flowering cherries were planted at the same time. In 1935, the first National Cherry Blossom Festival was held at the Nation’s Capitol, and since then, many other Cherry Blossom City festivals have been held to celebrate the birth of spring. Citizens of Macon, Georgia have planted thousands of these Yoshino flowering cherry trees to connect with many pageants and local events, which attract large numbers of tourists to celebrate the festival. These Japanese, flowering cherry trees are cold hardy, and recommended to be grown and planted in zones 5 – 9. Other popular Japanese cultivars are; Blireiana, Prunus cerasifera ‘Blireiana’; Kwansan, Prunus serrulata ‘Kwansan’; Okame, Prunus campanulata x Prunus incisa; Snow Fountain, Prunus x Snow Fountains ‘Snowfozam’; Snow Fountain (Dwarf), Prunus x CV. ‘Snofozam’; Yoshino (Akebone), Prunus yedoenis ‘Akebone’;

William Bartram observed two other native plants that were flowering trees growing near Mobile, Alabama, on page 396 of Travels, “I observed amongst them wild Crab (Pyrus coronaria), and Prunus indica, or wild Plumb.” The wild “Plumb” tree, Prunus indica, that Bartram saw, identified today was the Chicasaw plum, Prunus angustifolia. In his travels throughout Georgia, Bartram found a native flowering plum, Prunus indica. Flowering plum tree hybrids that are commercially available from mail order gardeners are a stunning, reddish-purple leaf plum, named Newport, Prunus cerasifera ‘Newport’, that grows 20 feet tall and thrives in zones 4 – 10; Purple Pony, Prunus cerasifera ‘Purple Pony’, a genetic dwarf growing only to 10 feet and decked in flowers colored red, pink, and white; Thundercloud, Prunus cerasifera ‘Thundercloud’, grows copper-red leaves, that after flowering, produces a delicious, edible, red plum fruit, zone 5 – 9.

Crabapple flowering trees are reliable bloomers with soft, fluffy flowers, in the early spring of red, pink, or white, with outstanding cultivars of Pink (Brandywine), Malus ‘Brazam’; Red Perfection, Malus ‘Red’; Red, Malus eleyi; Radiant, Malus pumila ‘Niedzwetzkyana Radiant’; White (Spring Snow), Malus ‘Spring Snow’; White (Floribunda), Malus ‘Floribunda’; Wildlife animals experience long-term food availability from the crabapple fruit, intensively grazed upon especially by deer, duck, and turkey.

William Bartram also found the wild American, native flowering tree, the Grancy Greybeard, Chionanthus virginicus, growing as an under story plant, as described in his book, Travels, written in 1773, page 7. Gracy Greybeard, Chionanthus virginicus, is also known as the Fringe Tree, covered with rounded creamy-white clusters of deliciously fragrant blooms. These trees grow to 30 feet and are very cold hardy to zone 3 – 9. Chionanthus virginicus is a very rare tree, and is very difficult to find or buy from a mail order company nursery.

Flowering pear trees, Pyrus calleryana, are well known to most gardeners, and the trees being early flowering in March, abundantly covered with white clusters of flowers. Outstanding cultivars of flowering pear trees are: Aristocrat, Pyrus calleryana ‘Aristocrat’; Autumn Blaze, Pyrus calley calleyana ‘Autumn Blaze’;, Bradford Ornamental Pear, Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’; Cleveland Select Pear, Pryus calleryana ‘Cleveland Select’; and Chanticleer Flowering Pear, Pyrus calleryana ‘Chanticleer’; Many large cities line out flowering pear trees in well positioned rows along boulevards and sidewalks for spring enjoyment.

Thomas Jefferson was the United States minister to France following the great American, Benjamin Franklin in 1785. While acting as the French minister to the United States, Jefferson surveyed crops of agriculture in France searching for fruit trees, nut trees, grape vines, berry plants, and many other potentially useful crops that might be commercially grown in the United States. Many of these seed plants and trees were exported to the American colonists and planters for experimental growing on United States farms and plantations. In exchange to the French, many native plants of the United States were exported to France and Europe for testing. Plants and trees such as red, and black raspberries, scuppernong grapevines, muscadine grape vines, pecan tree seed, Citrus seed, and plants such as mutated cultivars of orange, lime, grapefruit, kumquat, lemon, and tangerine, that centuries before had been introduced by the Spanish colonists into Florida from Europe and Africa. Grains such as corn and the famous American tobacco products were also favorite imports to Europe. The Indian Blood peach tree produced exceptional fruit, even from planted seed, and American grapevines, wild plum and cherry trees were used as root stock for grafting fruit trees and grapevines. Mulberry trees, pawpaw trees, and strawberry plants were also exciting new plant introductions into Europe. American native nut trees such as the American chestnut, Castanea dentata, and the Chinquapin nut, Castanea pumila, as well as many species of Hickory trees, Pecan trees (Carya illinoinenis), several species of walnut trees including Juglans nigra, and the American filbert, Corylus americana (Hazlenut) were all received for commercial agricultural testing in European countries.

Thomas Jefferson made a note on his plant interests to the State of Virginia in the year 1787 #VI, “A notice of the mines and other subterranean riches, its trees, plants, fruits, etc.” with his interests in “the orchards produce apples, pears, cherries, quinces, peaches, nectarines, apricots, almonds, and plumbs.” Thomas Jefferson was also a learned botanist who could intelligently discuss the fruit trees, berry plants, grapevines, and nut trees in the Latinzed, scientific language with the agricultural elite authorities of his time. In his writing to the state of Virginia, he wrote: “Scarlet strawberries, Fragaria Virginiana of Millar; Whortleberries, Vaccinium uliginosum; Wild gooseberies, Ribes grossularia; Cranberries, Vaccinium oxycoccus; Black raspberries, Rubus occidentalis; Blackberries, Rubus fruticosus; Dewberries, Rubus caesius; Cloud-berries, Rubus chamaemorus.”

About native wild and escaped plants, trees, and vines, Jefferson reported on wild fruits like Elderberry, Elder, Sambucus nigra; Papaw, Annona triloba” and the mulberry, proper for its food, grows kindly, pomegranates and figs. Wild cherry, Prunus Virginiana, Cherokee plumb, Punus sylvestris fructu majori, Wild plumb, Prunus sylvestris fructu minori, Clayton, Wild crab-apple, Pyrus coronaria; red mulberry, Morus rubra; Persimmon, Diospyros Virginiana.

Thomas Jefferson had a great interest in timber trees from which lumber was made into dwellings, furniture, tools, fuel, etc. He reported: “Black birch, Betula nigra; White birch, Betula alba; Beach, Fagus sylvatica; Ash, Fraxinus Americana; Fraxinus Novae Angliae, Millar; Elm, Ulmus Americana, Willow, Salix Query species?; Sweet Gum, Liquidamber styaciflua. Plane-tree, Platanus cooidentalis; Poplar liriodendron tulipifera; Populus heterophylla; Black poplar, Populus nigra; Aspen, Populus tremulus; Linden or lime, Tilia Americana; Red flowering maple, Acer rubrum; Horse-chestnut, or Buck’s-eye, Aesculus pavia; Catalpa, Bignonia catalpa; Umbrella, Magnolia tripetala; Swamp laurel, Magnolia glauca; Cucumber-tree, Magnolia acuminata; Portugal bay, Laurus indica; Red Bay, Laurus borbonia; Dwarf-rose bay, Rhododendron maxiumum; Laurel of the Western country, Qu. species?”

A group of smaller trees reported by Jefferson was “Holly, Ilex aquifolium, Cockspur hawthorn, Crataegus coccinea; Spindle-tree, Euronymus Europaeus; Evergreen spindle tree, Euonymus Americanus; Candleberry myrtle, Myrica cerifera.”

Oak trees were valuable to the early colonists for use in building houses, furniture, tools and fuels, Jefferson listed these as: “Black Oak, Quercus nigra; White Oak, Quercus alba; Red oak, Quercus rubra; Willow Oak, Quercus phellos; Chestnut Oak, Quercus prinus; Black jack Oak, Quercus aquatica, Clayton, Query?; Ground Oak, Quercus pumila, Clayton; Live Oak, Quercus Virginiana, Millar;

Many flowering trees were planted in Thomas Jefferson’s garden estate at Monticello, such as Dogwood trees, Grancy Greybeard, Redbud tree and Locust trees listed as: “Wild pimento, Laurus benzoin; Sassafras, Laurus sassafras; Locust, Robinia pseudo-acacia; Honey-locust, Gleiditsia la; Dogwood, Cornus florida; Fringe or snowdrop tree, Chionanthus virginica; Redbud, or Judas-tree, Cercis, canadensis.”

The importance of evergreens was obvious to Thomas Jefferson, and he listed them as: “Black or pitch-pine, Pinus taeda; White pine, Pinus strobus; Yellow pine, Pinus Virgincia; Spruce pine, Pinus foliis singularibus, Clayton; Hemlock spruce fir, Pinus Canadensis; Aborvitae , Thuya occidentalis; Juniper, Juniperus virginica (called cedar with us) Cypress Cupressus disticha; White cedar, Cupressus Thyoides.”

Jefferson reported that many cash agricultural crops of America were of native or mysterious origin that included: “Tobacco, Nicotiana; Maize, Zea Mays; Round potatoes, Solanum tuberosum; Pumpkins, (Squash) Cucurbita pepo; Cymlings, Cucurbita verrucosa; Squashes, Cucurbita melopepo”

Besides the production of crops from native plants, Jefferson wrote that American farms produced: “wheat, rye, barley, oats, buckwheat, broom corn, and Indian corn, rice, tobacco, hemp, flax, cotton and indigo.”

Long and the round potatoes, “turnips, carrots, parsneps, pumpkins, ground nuts.” Ground nuts were today’s peanut, Arachis hypogaea.

Thomas Jefferson listed many grasses and grains in his report to include: “Lucerne, St. Foin, Burnet, Timothy, ray and orchard grass, red, white and yellow clover, greenswerd, blue grass, and crab grass, Panic, Panicum of many species; Indian millet, Holcus laxus; Holcus striosus; Wild oat, Zizania aquatica; Wild pea, Dolichas of Clayton; Lupine, Lupinus perennis; Wild hop, Humulus lupulus.”

Thomas Jefferson reported that American gardens were producing in the year 1787; “Musk melons, water melons, tomatas, okra, pomegranates, figs, and the esculent plants of Europe, Jerusalem artichoke, Helianthus tuberosus; Long potatoes, Convolvulas batatas;”

Various ornamental plants such as flowering Sweetshrub, Poke Weed Salad, Passion Flower, Jerusalem Artichoke and Tuckshoe were: “Upright honeysuckle, Azalea nudiflora; Calycanthus floridus; American aloe, Agave Virginica; Sumach Rhus, Qu species?; Poke, Phytolacca decandra; Itea Virginica; Granadillas, Maycocks, Maracocks, Passiflora incarnata; Tuchahoe, Lycoperdon tuber.”

Thomas Jefferson reported useful vines: “Ivy, Hedera quinquefolia, Trumpet honeysuckle, Yellow jasmine, Bignonia sempervirens.” and the seemingly insignificant “Long Moss, Tillandsia Usneoides”

Medicinal herbs such as Datura, Marshmallow, Ginseng and Jimson Weed were reported along with: “Senna, Cassia Ligustrina; Arsmart, Polygonum Sagittatum; Clivers, or goose-grass, Galium spurium; Lobelia of several species; Palma Christi, Ricinus; James-town weed, Datura Stramonium; Mallow, Mallow rotundifolia; Syrian mallow, Hibiscus moschentos; Hibiscus virginicus; Indian mallow, Sida rhombifolia; Sida abutilon; Virginia Marshmallow, Napaea hermaphrodita; Napaea dioica; Indian physic, Spiraea trifoliata; Euphoria Ipecacuanhae; Pleurisy root, Asclepias decumbens, Virginia snake-root, Aristolochia serpentaria, Black snake-root, Actaea racemosa; Seneca rattlesnake-root, Polygala Senega; Valerian, Valeriana locusta radiata; Gentiana Saponaria, Villosa and Centaurium; Ginseng, Panax quinquefolium; Angelica, Angelica sylvestris; Casava, Jatropha urens.”

Thomas Jefferson was an amazing man with a genius and intelligence that helped to make the United States a great nation, not only because of his political contribution as a formulator of the United States Constitution, as a great United States minister to France and the third President of the United States, but Jefferson also was an accomplished writer and farmer.

A zenith hierarchy is best planted for bounce pinnacle in the tumble when resting, however, container acme grass can be planted any flavor, but preferably collapse and iciness is best. Gardeners can buy many flag of zenith plants: red, sallow, blond, peach, pink, covetable, lilac, down, and apricot. You can buy an acme hierarchy that can flush during any time: plunge peak, iciness peak, and spiral pinnacle when most plants flush, and then, summer acme. The coarsen is a determining feature in ranking peak; some plants compel chilling, yet other pinnacle grass oblige hot, sultry temperatures. The acme dogwood hierarchy, Cornus florida, blooms in Florida in March, but it can flower in Tennessee in April, largely because of the temperature differences. A zenith apricot hierarchy, Prunus mume, can blush in Georgia in January, but in Illinois, the peak is delayed until April or May, depending on the large temperature difference. Flowering crimson grassed flourish in red, pink, and ashen ensign, and some varieties blush over a time of one to two months.

Flowering magnolia leaves of the Japanese cultivar, Magnolia stellata, and Magnolia x soulangiana can tint in frost, with ensign of red, colorless, pink, and purple, yet the Southern zenith magnolia hierarchy, Magnolia grandiflora, blooms during the summer with large, sallow, perfumed flora. The Sweetbay zenith magnolia, Magnolia virginiana, blooms in summer and accident. Magnolia pinnacle leaves can flourish any month of the year, some evergreen, some deciduous.

Flowering crape myrtle (crepe myrtle) plants have been hybridized to flower in spectacular flag of red, pink, colorless, blue, and purple during the summer and fall. Some crape myrtle zenith grass will rebloom and others flower over a phase of 90 years.

Flowering crabapple foliage bruise largely in the bound in flower flag of pasty, red, peach, bonus, and apricot. Not only are the large blooms fragrant on the peak crabapple hierarchy, but prize red fruit grows for plants during the fall. The fruit of the acme crabapple ranking can be made into crabapple jam or crabapple jelly.

Flowering pink plants are native (Prunus caroliniana) to the U.S., and the pleasing Japanese Kwanzan and Yoshino, peak pink, fusion trees blossom in Washington, D.C. During the Spring as an exciting American National Treasure. Civic pageants are held to celebrate Spring festivals at the Nation’s Capitol, Washington, D.C. at Macon, Ga. and other cities and are scheduled to begin with the blossoming of the Japanese, acme cherry tree. Grafted flowering, crabapple trees tinge with smarmy red, sallow or pink flora very early in the Spring. Flowering dogwood trees shadow to broadcast the arrival of helix in flag of red, colorless or pink. Flowering coveted trees are fragrant and colorless in native or grafted forms, urbanized as Japanese cross cultivars.

Flowering pear trees are abundant covered with fair, one-edge flowers as grafted hybrids urbanized by scientists to grow in Northern and Southern gardens. Fall and Winter flowering trees, such as camellia, cassia and apricot, blush in seasons where flush and perfume are underdone. Flowering peach trees are presented to buy in colors of red, white, pink and peppermint.

Some of the most garden worthy trees and shrubs in cultivation can be found in this article and have been carefully selected for their valuable contribution to gardens, whether for their architectural shapes, beauty of flowers, prolific scent, ornamental bark or outstanding autumn colours. Many of these plants are frequently seen in gardens and have been included owing to their popularity, others are very scarce seldom seen in garden centres or nursery catalogues making them rather more unique.

Birch
Birches are easily grown deciduous trees which are very hardy and will accommodate all conditions from moist to shallow dry chalky sites. They make fine ornamental trees and can be planted to good effect either singly or in groups. Medium sized deciduous tree selected for its stunning white peeling bark that is especially showy in winter. Very effective when planted in small groups where space allows.

Crabapple
These hardy native trees produce stunning fragrant blossoms and equally attractive fruits which are much loved by birds. Ideal as specimens and will tolerate most soils making them easy to grow. White flowers from pink buds followed by vivid yellow crabapples.

Eucalyptus
Large evergreen trees that can be hard pruned in Spring to make excellent shrubs yielding foliage for flower arrangers. Not suited to thin chalky soil or exposed sites, otherwise easily grown. The Cider Gum (Ot Eucalyptus Gunnii) is the best known species and the hardiest. Sickle shaped glaucous leaves that are silver blue on younger trees, sage green on older trees.

Golden
An outstanding small/medium sized deciduous tree, feathery rich golden-yellow foliage from spring until autumn. Fragrant white flower clusters in late spring and early summer. Associates very well with purple leaved shrubs, especially Smoke Bush (Cotinus) and Purple Hazel (Corylus).

Italian
This familiar narrow columnar evergreen tree, widely seen in Mediterranean regions can reach a height of 50ft over a period of 20 years or more. Prefers well drained soil and a sheltered site in full sun. Unsuited to cold exposed sites. A very useful architectural tree.

Juniper
Medium sized pencil shaped evergreen conifer with glaucous grey green leaves, a popular architectural conifer. Suitable for any well drained soil including chalk.

Liquidambar
A stately large deciduous tree with deeply lobed shiny green leaves that turn an excellent crimson colour in autumn. Upright but open habit, the corky bark of the older branches is a feature in winter. Suitable for all except thin chalky soils.

Magnolia
Popular group of deciduous trees and shrubs grown for their showy display of flowers in spring. Best grown in well drained sheltered spot in sun of part shade with plenty of organic matter added to the soil. Strong multi stemmed plants supplied. Small rounded tree with an abundance of lilac pink star shaped flowers in mid spring.

Maple
Small slow growing deciduous trees grown for their outstanding foliage and architectural form. All require protection from cold winds and early morning sun. Mound forming variety with gorgeous deeply cut purple foliage that turns brilliant red in autumn. These showy small to medium sized trees are grown primarily for their stunning foliage. Make excellent specimen trees or can be hard pruned and grown as a bush in most gardens. Fully hardy, this beautiful slow growing tree can reach 12ft. The unusual leaves start as pink turning creamy green speckled with white all summer. Very eye catching.

Pear
Ornamentals pears are deep rooted trees grown for attractive silvery green leaf colour and autumn foliage. Easy to grow in smaller gardens. The pear is a narrow tree which suits small gardens. With attractive flowers and autumn foliage this tress is best planted in full sun but is tolerant of pollution and drought.

Sumach
This tree is often referred to as Stags Horn owing to the velvety reddish brown hairs on the stems. This deciduous shrub or tree produces leaves that are a vibrant orange, red and yellow in autumn followed by vivid spikes of crimson hairy fruits. Will thrive in any fertile soil and are easy to grow.