What are some of your favorite bloomin trees any season.

[Shades-of-Oregon]

Acacia spectabilis tree has fragrant bright yellow inflorescences, with glaucous foliage and silvery bark. Cold hardy, deer , elk, squirrell, gopher, moles , voles, and mice resistant. Grows fast can get spindly in the PNW if not enough light and requires occasional trimming to encourage inflorescence in early spring.

 

[Shades-of-Oregon]

Ah, the mimosa tree—nature’s giggle in flower form! With its feathery leaves that dance at a touch and blossoms that resemble pink pom-poms, it’s no wonder this cheerful tree is known for lifting spirits.

This mass fluff calls several hummingbirds in the area for snacking.

Mimosa trees, also known as Albizia julibrissin or silk trees,are known for their delicate fern like leaves and fluff.
In some areas they are invasive. I this zone 8b mimosa trees are not invasive.

 

[digitS']

DS asked me about a flowering tree for his yard in Portland.

I suggested a Cherokee Dogwood. @Shades-of-Oregon , those would be okay in your neck of the woods, right?

Since a species of dogwood grows wild in Oregon, well ... I'm just wondering if an eastern US species has any problems there.

Steve

 

[Shades-of-Oregon]

I don’t know about Cherokee dogwoods. I have looked up they grow in zones 5-9.
I grow two dogwoods in my garden and they have bloomed yearly . Always a nice tree for spring blooms with pink bracts covering the tree. Late summer red seed pods are visible calling birds in the area.

 

[Pulsegleaner]

Ah, the mimosa tree—nature’s giggle in flower form! With its feathery leaves that dance at a touch and blossoms that resemble pink pom-poms, it’s no wonder this cheerful tree is known for lifting spirits.

This mass fluff calls several hummingbirds in the area for snacking.

Mimosa trees, also known as Albizia julibrissin or silk trees,are known for their delicate fern like leaves and fluff.
In some areas they are invasive. I this zone 8b mimosa trees are not invasive.

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They are pretty, but you never quite get used to the sound in the fall/winter when the wind rattles the pods on the branches (A. lebbek, from India, is commonly called "woman's tongue tree" for the noise it makes.)

I personally have a soft spot for A. guachapele (South America), since I think the seeds are pretty (like those of julibrissin, but bone white instead of tan), but, alas that one is 1. tropical and 2. get's way bigger (the flowers are also white instead of pink.)