Small Gardens - Flowering Trees New Dimensions

Small flowering trees are an important material for use in small gardens. One placed at each corner of a rectangular garden, for example, would lend a third dimensional feeling to the design. And when in flower they would add tremendously to the attractiveness of the scene.

Pools and Streams

If you own a property that includes a small pool, a natural stream of water, or even a little lake, remember that one of the finest uses for flowering trees is in conjunction with such bodies of water. They should be strategically located so that their bright flower colors can be seen reflected in the water from points of vantage either inside the house or in the garden.

Use with Evergreens

Small ornamental trees are also admirably suited to locations within or in front of groups of evergreen trees so their colors can be seen against the dark green background. A fine and natural combination of this sort would use the red cedar (Juniperus virginiana ) and gray birch (Betual populifolia). If you have a garden developed along naturalistic lines and an appreciable amount of space available, you can easily copy nature with such an arrangement.

Another good combination is that of redbud (Cercis) in front of almost any kind of evergreen tree, but especially larch (Larix), the one cone-bearing tree that loses its needles in the winter, and that has delicate green foliage all summer long.

In Shrub Borders

Flowering trees or the cereus peruvianus cactus, also play a useful part in the large flowering shrub border which can easily become rather monotonous due to its more or less regular silhouette. To break this straightness, you can introduce a few flowering trees which will grow taller than the adjoining shrubs and produce a more interesting outline against the sky.

When choosing trees for this purpose, select those that have a natural tendency to grow upwards with arching branches. Also, when drawing a plan for such a shrub border, arrange it so that, although the flowering tree is only a relatively unimportant factor in the planting, the shrubs used immediately alongside or around it will be kinds that you will not mind cutting out as the flowering tree gets larger and needs the space. They are actually "filler" plants in that they fill in an effect quickly due to their rapid growth. But you should realize that some day they will have to be taken out to provide room in which the more permanent and therefore more valuable flowering trees can attain there normal size and shape.

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