Top 6 Trees with Pink and White Flowers in Spring

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Trees with Pink Flowers: Magnolia

Magnolia
Zones: 4 to 9
Size: 15 to 40 feet tall and wide

Gorgeous blooms in white, pink, yellow and purple balance like teacups or starbursts atop branches that later bear green leaves, some as glossy as lacquer. Plant in full sun to part shade.

Why we love it: There’s one for almost every region, from star magnolia (Magnolia stellata) in the chilly north to southern and champaca magnolias in the balmy south, and saucer magnolias everywhere in between.

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Apple Serviceberry

Amelanchier x grandiflora
Zones: 4 to 9
Size: 20 to 25 feet tall and wide

Apple serviceberry is just one kind of serviceberry that’s perfect for most landscapes, thanks to its moderate size, bird-attracting berries and ability to thrive in sun to part sun locations.

Why we love it: It’s a special tree with four seasons of beauty: spring blooms that become red-purple edible fruits, green leaves that flush with orange to red fall color, and smooth silver bark that’s gorgeous in winter.

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Eastern Redbud

Cercis canadensis
Zones: 4 to 9
Size: 20 to 30 feet tall, 25 to 35 feet wide

Dainty blooms dramatically hang from the branches of this North American native well before the heart-shaped leaves appear. Plant this tree with pink flowers in full sun to part-shade.

Why we love it: The small size fits most yards. You can select alternate leaf colors, such as burgundy Forest Pansy or lime-gold Rising Sun.

Bonus tip! Plant your eastern redbud tree in a spot where it has space to spread out, because this spring showstopper is wider than it is tall.

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Japanese Flowering Cherry

Prunus serrulata
Zones: 5 to 8
Size: 40 to 50 feet tall, 25 to 40 feet wide

You might ooh and aah every spring at the photos of the cherry tree display in Washington, D.C., but you can plant a flowering show of your own. Choose a spot in full sun.

Why we love it: With the right cultivar, those gorgeous trees with pink flowers produce fruits that birds crave, especially robins, cardinals, and waxwings.

Check out 7 backyard birds that eat berries.

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Dogwood

Cornus kousa
Zones: 5 to 8
Size: 20 to 40 feet tall and wide

Flowers up to 4 inches wide grace the spring branches of North American and Asian dogwoods. Test your soil pH before planting because dogwood grows best planted in acidic soil in full sun to full shade.

Why we love it: In addition to the graceful spring flowers and fall leaf colors, the colorful red fruits produced by dogwood are gobbled up by backyard birds.

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White Fringe Tree

Chionanthus virginicus
Zones: 4 to 9
Size: 12 to 20 feet tall and wide

Native from southern Pennsylvania, south to Florida and west to Texas, fringe tree bursts onto the spring scene with lightly fragrant strappy white petals. They’re held in small groups attached at the top like tassels.

Why we love it: It’s the best-kept secret among trees with white flowers in spring, yet it’s one of the most adaptable, thriving in full sun to part shade. Female trees produce blue fruits that birds love.

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Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)

Zones 5 to 8

“Camellia” in its botanical name says something about the flowers.  Check out our beginner’s guide to growing a camellia bush.

Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)

Zones 5 to 9

Tiny, fragrant, white bell-shaped flowers hang in cone-shaped clusters.

Korean evodia (Tetradium daniellii)

Zones 4 to 8

It’s also called the bee tree, thanks to small white blossoms on female plants.