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Top 5 Drought Tolerant Flowering Trees For Low-Water Landscapes
01.08.2023 - 22:53 / gardeningknowhow.com / Teo Spengler
While flowering trees are what you want, drought tolerant trees are what you need. Fortunately, there are a number of drought resistant flowering trees that will adorn your garden while requiring minimal water. These types of plants can form the bones of a water wise landscape.
Remember that the fact that a tree is easy on water doesn’t necessarily mean it will thrive in your yard. Growing flowering trees successfully requires that you select appropriate trees for your site, trees that thrive in the growing conditions you offer and won’t exceed the size of the site.
Ready to select your flowering drought tolerant trees? Here’s a short list of our favorites.
This little deciduous tree is among the earliest to bloom in the springtime, lighting up the bare branches with showy magenta flowers. The impressive display happens every year during March and April. But the show isn’t over once the flowers fade. This redbud also offers dark green summer foliage that blazes gold in autumn. As winter rolls in, the tree still has interest with its purple seed pods. It is the most drought tolerant of the redbuds.
This broadleaf evergreen, native to Japan, offers joy in every season. It grows to 30 feet (9 m) tall with arching branches, extremely showy flowers in late summer, and lovely red-brown peeling bark in winter. Then there are the fruits, green when young, then maturing to a dark brown. Hardy to USDA zone 6, this crepe myrtle only offers white flowers, but it is a low-maintence tree that needs minimal water once the root system is developed.
This small tree is valued for its early spring blooms, a cloud of bright yellow flowers that appear before the leaves arrive. Cornelian cherry usually doesn’t grow past 25 feet (7.5 m) tall, with
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