Spring Trees (Raleigh, Sanford, Star: 2013, transfer, gardening)
Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, CaryThe Triangle Area
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I'm still a n00b to northern plants (although I seem to recognize Wisteria, which I missed last year when I was here), so want some help identifying the flowering trees.
I've seen three kinds of pretty flowering ones; ones with white, pink and dark pinkish/purple blooms. The white and pink ones remind me of cherry blossoms I saw long ago in D.C. (like 30 years ago!)
What you want to do is pop over to the JRRaulston Arboretum - decent parking, smallish in downtown Raleigh -- and many plants/shrubs/trees are labeled. It is how I learn (and keep learning). Also, you can look online.
The bradford pears (white, smelly when you get near them) are already past - they are the first white trees to be gorgeous. They do not fruit.
At about the same time or just after, you see the wild cherries (pink) and other cherry trees blossom - those are almost past now. Some of these will fruit and others will not fruit.
And then you see the white and pink dogwood trees - which are in full bloom right now in RTP -- they are native trees to NC so you will see the cherry and the white dogwood blooming in the trees lining the roads and in the woods as well as older yards.
As far as shrubs - the azaleas (small to 5-6' tall) are coming into bloom - white, pink, scarlet colors - so pretty.
There are many more - but definitely worth a trip to any arboretum or botanical to see. You can also borrow a tree book from the library (or look on images online).
A bit past bloom time now, but one pink tree you might see in spring is the saucer magnolia; a friend in Sanford has one and last week is was completely covered in blooms. The late freeze got mine, but there's always next year.
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