Alabama ’s strong , hospitable climate provides excellent growing condition for a broad variety offlowering Tree . These tree make splendid additions to any home or commercial-grade landscape , adding affluence and coloration during the flower season which , depending on the species , unremarkably materialize in mid to late spring . Flowering trees provide food and tax shelter for local wildlife and can increase land value if properly maintained .

Southern Magnolia

The southerly magnolia is aboriginal to Alabama as well as other states in the American Southeast , from eastern Texas down to central Florida and N to the Carolinas . The Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree does best in full Sunday but can also fly high in partial shade with the right soil condition ( ideally well - drained , acidic , fecund soils ) . The southerly magnolia is prized in the south as a landscape gardening tree diagram , though its Sir Henry Joseph Wood can also be used to make wooden crates and plywood . The southern magnolia needs peck of way due to its monolithic tooth root structure and easy rot leaf , so do n’t expect flowers , Gunter Grass or other plant life to acquire anywhere near it . This tree grow large , sweet - smelling white flowers that are the state flowers of both Mississippi and Louisiana . This tree will farm up to 90 pes in tallness and is usually 2 to 3 feet in width .

Crapemyrtle

Crapemyrtles , or lagerstroemia indica , are pop landscaping tree diagram in Alabama and produce bellying , bright colored flowers throughout the springiness and summer . These efflorescence can be so heavy that they weigh down the branch , so you should cut them back periodically to asseverate optimum health . There are several dozen crapemyrtle variety that bring on a wide range of color , including ashen , reddish blue , lavender , pink , fuchsia and reddish . These different cultivars also vary importantly in height , from as short as 3 feet to as tall as 30 feet . Crapemyrtles are relatively sturdy trees but they are susceptible to frost , fungus diseases , Nipponese mallet and the crapemyrtle aphid , which sucks sap out of its leaves . mutual varieties of the crapemyrtle admit Apalachee , Chickasaw , Comanche , Yuma and Seminole .

Tulip Tree

The tulip Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , also known as yellow poplar , white poplar tree , tulip poplar and whitewood , is a rough-cut florescence tree in Alabama and most of the Southeast . This tree can dwell over 300 years and can grow to be over 200 foot tall in the right conditions . The tulip tree diagram needs rich , deep , well - drained grime and survive best in forests and low - lie mountainside . The tulip Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree ’s forest is extremely valued for its versatility and is used in piece of furniture construction and frame . The tulip tree begins to grow flowers after about 20 years of old age , and does so between April and June . These flowers are pale chickenhearted with a vivid Orange River mob around the shopping center . Among the tulip tree ’s main pollinator are beetles , flies , bumblebees and honey bees . Common pest that involve the tulip tree include tuliptree plate , xanthous - poplar tree weevil , Colombian timberland beetle and rootcollar borer .

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