KLCC s Master Gardener John Fischer talks flowering trees.
But even more impressive are the flowering trees and shrubs. Here are several flowering cherries in my neighborhood that I have long admired, and this year the petals are on the trees instead of in the puddles below them.
Yes, flowering fruit trees produce blossoms- not fruit. But the flowers are more prolific, and usually stay on the trees longer than on their fruit producing relatives. Flowering pear, plum, cherry, and quince are all in the same category of blossom density as the cherries- they just don t have a festival named after them, or a capital (Washington D.C.) festooned with them.