What trees bloom without flowers. Woody with yellow leaves - a godsend for a summer resident

Beautifully flowering trees undoubtedly cause indescribable delight. If for local residents this is a completely ordinary and ordinary phenomenon, not counting the Japanese, who have a tradition of celebrating the holiday of hamami - admiring the flowering trees, then for visitors and residents of central Europe, seeing a flowering tree is a storm of emotions and great joy. Today you can see 20 of the most beautifully flowering trees on our planet that will leave you in awe.

1. Peltoforum winged - Caesalpinia rusty. Amazingly beautiful tree! This is a real yellow firework, especially at the height of summer, when Peltoforum alata is blooming all around. Indescribable beauty! During flowering, this tree looks incredibly impressive. Bright yellow flowers literally glow against the background of lacy green foliage. It blooms not with individual flowers, but with whole clusters.

A tall semi-evergreen tree with graceful lacy leaves, similar to mimosa leaves, but darker and leatherier. Bright yellow flowers are collected in vertical lush inflorescences, reminiscent of chestnut “candles”. They remind me of another amazing shrub.

2. Brachychiton maplefolia, representatives of the genus are evergreen branched trees, growing up to 35 meters in height and up to 12 in width. Bright green leaves reach 20 centimeters in length. The flowers are cup-shaped, reddish in color, reach 2 centimeters in diameter and are collected in large panicle-shaped shields. Flowering period is summer. Brachychitons are large trees with a characteristic thickening on the trunk. In the thickened part of the trunk, plants accumulate a supply of nutrients, which can be used up during an unfavorable period. Thanks to their thickening, brachychitons are called bottle trees.

3. According to scientific - Cassia tubularis- a plant from the legume family. This tree is called - tree of golden rain. In spring and early summer, huge clusters of fragrant, dazzling yellow flowers appear on the tree. The flower of this tree is the national symbol of Thailand.

4. Blooms Khorizia. After leaf fall, beautiful red-pink flowers appear on the tree, which are replaced by fruits.

5. Blooms Chestnut

6. Spathodea, tulip tree! - This is a stunning and unique plant that can decorate any garden. The peculiarity of this plant is that it can grow in almost any conditions, withstanding temperatures down to minus 30 degrees. Its lifespan can reach five hundred years, and its annual growth is one meter. During flowering, fantastically beautiful flowers appear on the tree, carved as if in a painted shape. Large flowers, about seven centimeters in size, look stunning on a thin and long green stem, scattered throughout the entire trunk of the plant.

7. Hawthorn monopistillate “Punicea”

Flowering lasts about 2 (sometimes up to 3-4) months in spring and summer. Blooms most profusely in late spring. Flowering trees look especially impressive in arid climates in the spring, when, with almost complete absence of leaves, the crown is covered with thousands of bright red flowers, turning, as it were, into a flaming cloud, clearly visible from afar.

9. Tree - banyan. Aerial roots are pruned, otherwise, when they reach the ground, they turn into new trunks.

10. Melia Azedarach blooms. This deciduous tree 15-18 m tall with a wide spreading crown is called Melia Azedarach. The fruits are juicy, light yellow, spherical, and remain on the tree all winter.

The beauty of this tree is given by bright red stamens collected in dense cylindrical inflorescences.

Sycamore flowers are its “fruits”. They hang in clusters on the powerful trunk and long, thick branches of this majestic tree. Sycamore is a tree that can grow from 18 to 40 meters and can live between 600 and 1200 years. The period of most active flowering and fruiting occurs in December-July, but in nature, sycamore bears fruit all year round. Fruits appear at the base of the leaves or along the stems and are collected in clusters. The fruits are very similar to figs, but they are not as sweet and smaller. Each fruit grows from 2 to 3 cm in diameter and changes color as it ripens from green-yellow to red or yellow.

13. Eucalyptus- an evergreen tree that reaches a height of up to 50 or 70 meters. The bark of its trunk and branches is whitish-gray in color and quite smooth. The flowers of eucalyptus are not like the flowers of other plants; flower buds 30 mm long and 20 mm wide are located in the axils of the leaves. They are bisexual and sit on very short legs. Flowering duration is up to six weeks or more.

Erythrines are trees reaching 30 m in height. There are about 130 species in the genus, native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world. The generic name refers to the red color of the flowers of some species - red). Not all erythrin species have red flowers. In Erythrina Hawaiian they can be orange, yellow, green, salmon and white. Seeds are beans collected in pods containing one or more seeds. Due to the fact that the seeds can be transported over long distances by sea, they are also called “sea beans”.

15. Calliandra suriname! Highly decorative, graceful, beautifully and abundantly flowering, quite unpretentious - simply an amazing plant. This is only a small fraction of beautifully flowering trees, one can only be amazed at the imagination of nature, many do not even imagine that there is one that blooms with flowers similar to lilies of the valley, or one that blooms with blue bells...

Russia is a huge country with vast areas, different time zones and climatic conditions. The nature of our country is unique and beautiful. There is perhaps no other country in the world so generously endowed by nature. Our vast fields, dense forests, high mountains, deep rivers attract the attention of all nature lovers. Tourists believe that this is precisely the secret of the Russian soul.

Leaving Russia, guests (who managed to see all the natural diversity), and even more so the citizens of the country, always miss the nature of the great power. They admit that they always remember with warmth and nostalgia nightingale trills, wonderful wildflowers, what trees bloom in May and what coolness and peace the mountains give.

Spring

Spring is considered the most wonderful time of the year. wakes up from winter hibernation: the trees “dress” in beautiful green outfits, flowers of different shapes and shades and give a dizzying aroma, the sun becomes gentler and warmer.

In the vast expanses of our homeland, spring is gradually coming into its own. Therefore, if you take a vacation and travel around the country to see the “spring route and its consequences,” you can experience this time of year in all its diversity. While in the south of the country all the trees begin to turn green and bloom, in the Far East there are only a few types of trees that can please residents.

Let's go on a virtual journey and find out which trees bloom in May in different parts of our country.

Kuban lands

Kuban gardens, forests, villages and even cities change beyond recognition in the spring: the trees become lush green, bloom very beautifully and smell pleasant. If you ask: what trees bloom in April-May in Kuban, you will receive an impressive list in response. Firstly, fruit trees bloom, such as apple trees, pears, peaches, apricots, cherries, plums and many others. Secondly, non-fruitful and ornamental acacia, lilac, poplar, birch, linden, willow and willow.

It is interesting that the weather in Kuban is a very capricious lady, and often she shows her “whims” to nature and all residents. There were cases when the trees were budding, but strong frosty nights still awaited them. Or, on the contrary, spring was in such a “hurry” to come that even on rare snowy April days it bloomed flowers on the trees.

Resort areas

“Staying” still in the south, you can look into the gardens of residents of resort cities such as Sochi, Adler, Gelendzhik. Trees grow here, the fruits of which are adored by every resident of our country. The taste and benefits of summer fruits cannot be compared with anything for human health.

So, what trees bloom in May near the sea coast? This:

• magnolia;
• pomegranate (sometimes begins to bloom at the end of May, but more often in summer);
• mandarin;
• persimmon;
• azalea multicolored.

Moscow

Although the capital of Russia is located significantly north of Sochi, here, too, everything “comes to life” and decorates the city. Muscovites and guests of the capital who arrived in the spring know which trees bloom in Moscow in May and give it a festive look and comfort: hawthorn, chestnut, acacia. Also in the parks you can find a lot of apricots, double almonds, apple trees and lilacs. If the spring is hot, then linden may begin to bloom in May; if, on the contrary, the cold does not subside for a long time, poplar or willow may continue to bloom for a long time.

Despite the many buildings (a tribute to the modern metropolis), Moscow is rich in green areas. Not to mention the lands near Moscow, where city dwellers can “break out” to admire nature. During the flowering period, trees give the city a more gentle look, and a person can enjoy a piece of nature even in the concrete jungle.

Peter

The northern capital of Russia is known to everyone for its rich history, palaces and fountains. The climate there, although not as harsh as in the Far East, still rarely indulges residents with truly hot days. But few people know that in St. Petersburg there is a wonderful botanical garden that brings together “domestic” flora and “foreign guests”.

Wind, cold, rain and grayness are ordinary days for St. Petersburg, it is interesting that this makes neither St. Petersburg residents nor guests stop loving him. But it is precisely this eternal autumn mood that makes the arrival of spring a real holiday. Residents of the Northern capital are trying to find time to visit parks, gardens and find out what trees bloom in May in St. Petersburg this spring. Because due to the weather, the flowering time may differ in different years.

Walking along the streets or the St. Petersburg Botanical Garden, you can admire and then tell your friends and acquaintances what trees bloom in May in the city. These are such as:

• sakura;
• Apple tree;
• cherry;
• horse chestnut;
• rose tree;
• bird cherry;
• alder.

Far East

The next stop on the virtual journey “In the Footsteps of Spring” is the Far East. The climate of this part of the country, as they say, is not for the faint-hearted and heat-loving. For example, in the village of Oymyakon in winter the temperature drops to -50 o C, and on a summer day it can rise to +30 o C (and at night drop by 20 degrees).

But, of course, not all territories of the Far East are so snow-covered, and spring is coming here.

Let's find out which trees bloom at the end of May in the Far East? We can meet here:

• Amur linden;
• Amur velvet;
• Calopanax sevenloba;
• Manchurian apple tree;
• small-fruited alder;
• Maksimovich cherry;
• Daurian birch;

How trees bloom

You don't have to be a botanist to love nature. Sooner or later, everyone gets tired of the hustle and bustle of work and strives to get at least a little closer to nature. Especially in spring, people try to find time and go to the park, mountains or to the country. Fortunately, in our country May is very generous with weekends, so almost everyone has this opportunity.

A person who is far from in-depth knowledge of botany is attracted and surprised by trees covered with flowers. Often we enjoy the view without even knowing the correct name of the tree. Let's do a little education and find out:

Everyone will agree: weekends in nature are also exhausting (by the way, no more than shopping). But when you come to work on Monday after the May holidays, the first thing you want to say to your colleagues is: “Oh, what trees bloom in early May!”

Trees versus people

People are waiting for spring, its warm rays of sunshine, which will drive away the dullness, melt the ice and awaken nature. How wonderful it is to go outside and inhale the aroma of apple or cherry! But unfortunately, not all people enjoy spring, and not all trees are so harmless in the wonderful time of flowering.

Every year more and more people suffer from allergies to tree pollen. Agree, it is difficult to maintain a high spring mood when you have a headache, itchy and watery eyes, an itchy nose and constantly want to sneeze.

The population suffers especially severely in May from the flowering of the following trees:

• oak;
• ash;
• maple;
• pine trees;
• hazel;
• poplars.

If representatives of these “dangerous” species are present in large quantities in your region, and you are susceptible to allergies, it is better for you to take a vacation and travel or stock up on the necessary medications.

Trees for people

Nature does nothing thoughtlessly or to the detriment of humans. It is difficult to find anything in the world as comprehensive and balanced as Mother Nature. So trees, while causing harm to some allergy sufferers with their blooms, still bring irreplaceable benefits to humanity as a whole.

From the school course we know that trees are living beings and what is their role in human life:

• climate, agricultural land, water and air purity directly depend on trees;
• the forest and trees protect the animal world;
• trees are a source of material resources used in construction and production;
• human diet and health cannot do without trees, since their fruits, flowers, juice, leaves, roots and bark are used in gastronomy and medicine;
• The culture of the inhabitants of many cities, villages and even the peoples of countries necessarily concerns trees and forests.

From childhood we are taught to take care and protect trees. Planting a tree means doing a good and important deed in your life. And admiring the beauty of trees blooming in spring is a very pleasant, calming activity that gives strength and hope.

1. Magnolia

Magnolia flowers are bisexual, very large and fragrant.


Spreading trees strewn with white or pink inflorescences - a masterpiece picture

2. Chestnut


Chestnut is a small genus of trees in the Beech family. Chestnut grows relatively quickly and has a large growth capacity from the stump, which it retains until old age.


Some types of chestnut have been used as a fruit tree for a long time. As a tree of powerful growth with a tent-shaped crown, interesting in all seasons, chestnut is of great value in gardens and parks.

Camellia blooms with a beautiful flower that always attracts admiring glances.


From white and soft pink flowers, camellia japonica can also acquire very bright red and variegated colors.

4. Acacia (or maybe it’s Golden Rain Bobovnik)


Copenhagen, Denmark

5. Wisteria

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Wisteria is a tall, tree-like, climbing plant of the legume family, grows in the southern regions.
Wisteria blooms in the spring and retains individual flowering clusters throughout the summer. This makes it a popular specimen for use in landscape design.

Keukenhof, Netherlands
Wisterias have several varieties (9), for example, Wisteria, which blooms profusely and is frost-resistant, can withstand temperatures down to -23°.

6. Sakura


Sakura is the name of several trees of the Prunaceae subfamily, often denoting finely serrated cherry.


Many species called "sakura" are used in cultivation only as ornamental plants and either do not bear fruit at all or produce small and inedible fruit.

7. Erythrina


Lisbon, Portugal
Erythrina - called coral tree - is a legume. Erythrines are very decorative, they bloom for a long time and profusely, and are valued for their magnificent red flowers of bizarre shapes in large elegant inflorescences.


Vienna, Austria

8. Quince


Quince appeared in Asia 4000 years ago. Found wild in eastern Russia.

9. Apple tree


Wow, there are so many varieties of apple trees now, and the way they bloom is magical.

10. Lemon


Vienna, Austria

11. Willow (actually a type of willow)

Willow blooms from April to May before the new leaves begin to emerge. Inflorescences with small flowers are called catkins. The seeds are very light and small, so they are easily carried by the wind over long distances.

12. Almonds


In spring, almond orchards are strewn with delicate, almost airy, pale pink flowers. There are also flowers decorated in the middle with bright purple veins.


There are also frost-resistant varieties in Russia.

13. Bird cherry


In May, gardens and parks are also decorated with bird cherry blossoms. Its white panicle inflorescences emit a rich aroma, but keep in mind that you should not get too carried away and plant entire hedges of bird cherry, as its strong smell can cause headaches.

Brachychiton acerifolius - Firetree, Australia
Deciduous tree, in natural conditions up to 30m in height, with large, lobed, pale green leaves. In early summer, when the tree is not yet covered with leaves, many small bright red flowers bloom on it, completely enveloping it and giving the impression that it is on fire.

Albizia julibrissin - Albizia or sleeping tree or silk tree or silk acacia.
It belongs to the legume family and is a large deciduous tree up to 10-12 meters high with a spreading umbrella-shaped crown, like some types of tropical acacias. The leaves are openwork, dissected into many small lobes.
distributed from Transcaucasia to some areas of Central Asia.

Albizia flower:

Cercis siliquastrum - European Cercis, or Judas tree. An incredibly beautiful tree. Why Judas is understandable. Naturally, because Judas Iscariot hanged himself on it. Although in the Russian tradition he hanged himself on an aspen tree, there are no aspen trees at all in those places and Tsertsis, of course, is much more likely...

When, suffering from a cold, Ai-Petri rises in the snow,
The crooked tree of Judas blooms on the southern shore.
Spring is wandering somewhere nearby, and from the valleys they are already looking
flowers imbued with the poison of deceit, grief and loss.
Nikolay Zabolotsky

In nature, the species' range covers the Mediterranean, the Near (without the African part) and the Middle East.
It grows on rocky slopes, usually on lime-containing substrate.
It grows slowly, at 4-5 years it reaches a height of 1-1.5 m. At 100 years it reaches a height of 12.5 m with a trunk diameter of 50-60 cm and a crown with a diameter of up to 10 m.

Kousa dogwood - Chinese dogwood, Kousa dogwood, Cornus kousa
Homeland China and Japan
Tall deciduous shrub or tree up to 9 m in height. It blooms 2-3 weeks after the tree blooms. Its bracts look more elegant and graceful. Autumn foliage color is bright red. Prefers acidic soil and light shade. Winter-hardy down to -29 degrees.

And then these berries should appear:

Peltophorum dubium (Yellow Flame)
A tree of the legume family, with yellow flowers that are certainly brighter than the day.
It is known as Ibira-pita in Argentina. In Uruguay it is called Arbol de Artigas, and in Brazil Cana-fístula.

Koelreuteria elegans
The name is given in honor of the botanist Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuther.
Deciduous trees of small or medium size, naturally distributed in East Asia (Northern China, Korea, Japan).
Cultivated as a park and ornamental tree in many regions of Asia, Europe and North America. Winter-hardy in the Central European climate; loves warmth and dryness, drought-resistant.

Paulownia tomentosa (lat. Paulownia tomentosa).
Also known as Royal Paulownia, Empress Tree, Three Empresses, Bao Tong, Kiri. A deciduous tree of the genus Paulownia, the natural habitat of species of the genus Paulownia is Asia, mainly China, where it originates.
Paulownia tomentosa grows up to 10-25 m tall, with large heart-shaped, 5-lobed leaves 15-40 cm in diameter. Flowering begins before the leaves bloom, in early spring, in panicles 10-30 cm long, with a tubular purple corolla 4-6 cm in length.
The wood is very light (considered one of the lightest hardwoods) and soft, can be processed and peeled well, but cannot be cut and is difficult to split. Dries quickly and easily. Furniture, musical instruments, and small crafts are made from it.
The seeds are used to obtain oils used to produce famous Japanese varnishes.

Prunus serrulata - Sakura
Blooms in spring; the flowers range in color from bright pink to white. The annual cherry blossom period lasts less than a week.
Sakura is a well-known symbol of Japan and Japanese culture - a plant revered by the Japanese for a long time.

Pyracantha - Pyracantha (fire thorn)
Pyracanthas are perennial evergreen shrubs with long thorns. In spring the plant is completely covered with white-cream fragrant flowers, and in autumn it is covered with spectacular shiny red, orange or yellow berries.
The homeland of pyracantha is southern Europe, southeast Asia, China, Taiwan, and the Himalayas.
pyracantha blooms:


pyracantha with berries:

Delonix regia - Royal Delonix, or Fire Tree.
It can be found in many countries with tropical or warm climates, where it is planted in parks and streets. One of the five most beautiful trees in the world. This tree with a spreading crown in the shape of a wide umbrella reaches a height of 10 m. Elegant double-pinnate leaves 30-50 cm long resemble a fern, and fold at night.
In spring and early summer, the tree is covered with large bright red flowers, about 10 cm in diameter, collected in large clusters. The flowers rival orchids in beauty and consist of four red stalked petals and one larger vertical petal with yellow and white spots. Flowering trees are a delightful spectacle that lasts for 1-2 months.

Spiraea thunbergii
It grows naturally in Korea, China, and Japan. Its favorite places are mountain slopes and high-lying valleys, which during flowering seem to be covered with a continuous snow cover.
A low shrub, reaching a height of 1.5 m in nature.
The inflorescences - sessile umbrellas with a rosette of small leaves at the base - consist of a few white flowers that appear in the second or third decade of May. Flowering ends in mid-June.

Magnolia liliiflora - Magnolia liliiflora
Widely distributed in culture, especially in Asia, but not known in the wild. Presumably its homeland is Eastern China. It entered European gardens in 1790 and quickly became popular.
Flowering very abundantly and spectacularly, it is very popular in gardening and park construction. Unlike other types of magnolia, it grows as a shrub or low-standard tree, up to 4 m in height, with a highly branched crown and large, dark green foliage (20 x 10 cm) that falls in the winter. Notable are its lily-shaped flowers, up to 11 cm in diameter, purple on the outside, white on the inside, with a faint aroma. The fruits are wine-red, up to 9 cm, ripen in November.

Original taken from amor_ in Rose Tree Collection:

A moment of positivity:
During my illness, I had an attack of searching for the names of “pink” trees that left a mark on my soul after trips to LA in winter and Andalusia in spring. :) More precisely, I just wanted to compile a complete list. Since I found the name of the “pink” tree in LA after traveling, but for a long time I could not figure out the Spanish trees. But thanks to search engines, the tricks of searching by pictures and associative clues like “tree in the Alhambra.” In general, the list has been compiled.

So, the tree that bloomed beautifully in January in California is called the pink lapacho or ant tree or Tabebuia. This is an exclusively South American tree; in Europe, at least, it has not been noticed by me. A special tea is brewed from its bark, and it is also used for medicinal purposes.

Here we are with him in LA in January 2012:

This was near Staples Center:

This is flowers:

And this is the tea:

Then I was perplexed by a tree that I had encountered many times in the spring in Seville a long time ago, because I did not know how to find its name. This is the tree in the photos with me during the April fair in 2012.

I found the answer to its name when I started looking for the tree that hooked us all in the Alhambra (more on that later). Although the trees are different, and the flowers on them are different, they are related to each other. They belong to the Legume family and the Bagryanikov tribe. The particular tree in Seville in the photo is the Bauhinia or orchid tree (due to the similarity of the shape of the flowers to an orchid), also called the Hong Kong orchid tree.

Here is a larger photo of flowers from the Internet:

This flower is even depicted on the flag of Hong Kong, being one of its symbols:

And a tree like this can be big, I haven’t found a larger one:

Well, and finally the most interesting thing: about that very tree in the Alhambra. :) It is called, as I found out, Cersis or the Crimson actually, and also belongs to the Legume family. However, I have seen trees of the same type in all Andalusian cities, but it’s just that in Granada in the Alhambra in the spring the gardens look like paradise, and there is a stunning specimen of this tree, and it is impossible not to take pictures under it (photo from April 2013):

It is also curious that among the popular names of this tree there is also such as the Judas tree, and it is assumed that the name comes from the legend according to which Judas hanged himself on such a tree. O_o Since it is doubtful that even Judas would want to hang himself on such beauty, there is also an assumption that the name was simply incorrectly changed, since originally it was simply meant as “a tree from Judea,” and in fact cersis grows in the Middle East.

This same tree also has a poetic name - the tree of love (in Spanish arbol del amor), which is very similar to the truth. :)

Here are some more photos of these love trees from the Internet:

This is how the flowers “cling” to the tree in an unusual way along the trunk and large branches:

Flowers close up:

Photos of a white Cersis were also discovered:

I read that the buds of this tree are used as a spicy seasoning. The wood is used in carpentry. Although it is mainly an ornamental plant.

Well, that's all for now. :)

For now, I can only dream about seeing spring in Spain, America or some other beautiful place, and also dream that someday I will plant a whole garden with trees like these. :)