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If you’re looking for a
few ways to add some pizzazz to your landscape, maybe in the form of
colorful leaves from an ornamental tree, I have some options for you to
consider - all in the color of purple.
Canada Red Cherry -
usually sold in single or multi-trunk form, Canada Red Cherry is unique in
that early spring, it first leafs out with bright green foliage, followed by
wonderful clumps of fragrant white flowers. But shortly after the
flowering, those green leaves turn this wonderful purple to maroon color,
and stay like that, all season long.
How about Purple Plum?
An oldie but still a goodie. Light pink flowers in the spring, followed by
the wonderful purple to maroon leaves, again which last all season. Don’t
forget that Purple Plum is available in both a tree form, and a large
growing shrub form, called Cistena Plum.
Like Redbuds? Well
here’s one that will add a little more than the wonderful lavender purple
flowers in the spring. It’s Forest Pansy Redbud, and after those lavender
spring flowers finish, the foliage appears, in colors ranging from a
greenish maroon to a good purple maroon color. That’s Forest Pansy Redbud.
Here’s one that’s a bit
different. Its common name is “Ninebark”, and this one is called “Diabolo”
Ninebark. Available in both shrub and this smaller ornamental tree form,
Diabolo has pinkish white button like flowers in the spring, followed by
this spectacular deep burgundy foliage throughout the rest of the season.
And one more, and one of
my favorites, “Blacklace Elderberry”. Great in containers, or great in the
ground, this ornamental shrub or small tree begins the season with this
outstanding dark maroon foliage, followed by clusters of pink flowers in
late spring. Tough, hardy, and fast growing once it gets established, this
new plant can be a real specimen in the landscape. |
