Thinking about flower gardens brings up the images of begonias, pansies and sometimes the majestic bird of paradise as well, in ones mind.
Trees, however cannot be spotted anywhere in the imaginative illustration.
Nevertheless, it must be mentioned that some flowering trees can enhance the beauty of your flower garden in manifolds.
Such trees not only sport beautiful leaves, but also some colorful fruits that attract the attention of birds.
Proper care must be taken while venturing into the option of planting trees.
They should not overshadow the beauty of your flowers by sticking out in a grand manner.
You must plant the kind of trees that complement your flowers well and enhance the overall look of the garden.
Avoid planting many of them if you have space constraints, else all one will be able to see in the flower garden is a dense array of big trees.
Thought also must be given to the kind of fruits that are born by the trees.
You wouldn't want spending half of your time in the garden picking up the fallen fruits on the ground.
If left as it is they may also rot and turn into breeding grounds for many harmful insects and diseases.
Trees need the same consideration while planting as the normal plants do, therefore, some research is desirable before one heads out to purchase trees for ones flower garden.
Care must be taken that trees are planted in topsoil that is fertile, deep and with excellent drainage qualities.
It is rare to see trees growing in the type of soil that is either very wet in nature or very dry and sandy.
In the event that you don't have the most conducive conditions for the type of trees you have in mind, you must be flexible enough to look out for the other types.
You can even give thought to the idea of creating elevated beds where the appropriate kind of soil can be added.
Trees normally require sunlight in great abundance as compared to the flowers in a garden.
Thus, one must make sure that they are planted away from other bigger trees and buildings, so that they receive their regular feed of sunlight.
It is needless to state that even if provided the best conditions, a tree will normally take many years to bloom to its full potential, quite unlike the annuals and perennials in your flower garden that are expected to bloom within one season or at the maximum two.
So, please learn to be very patient well in advance.
A famous type of tree known as Calley Pear Tree is a fairly good option for planting in your flower garden.
It generally produces beautiful white flowers that lead to small round fruits later.
However, precaution must be taken that they are not planted in narrow regions.
A Calley Pear Tree can be grown even in challenging conditions where the soil type may not very good and is infested with a few pests too.
As long as the soil is not extremely wet or poor, Calley Pear Trees will continue to grow to their full potential.
The foliages of the Calley Pear Tree flowers are a visual treat as they turn from orange to scarlet and then scarlet to crimson during fall season.
Crab apples Trees are another feasible option for your flower garden as they bear breathtaking flowers and fruits that attract the attention of birds.
Crab Apple trees require much more attention in comparison to the Calley Pear Trees, as they need frequent pruning and observation.
If avoided, they can easily get infected with different insects and diseases.
They also have a limitation of not being able to grow in dry and hot weather conditions.
Flower dogwoods can make another good addition to your flower garden as they yield amazing looking red mid-size fruits and yellow flowers during the entire fall season.
At the end of fall its leaves start turning scarlet in color.
To grow to their full potential, these trees need moist and deep soil that is well drained.
Flower dogwoods, like Crab Apple trees don't perform well in dry and hot climatic conditions.
It may be a good idea to try mulching to enhance their growth in testing conditions.
The last variety of flower gardening plant trees that we'll cover here is the flowering peach that produces pink, single flowers.
If given the apt environmental conditions and good soil, this species can grow very fast, however, has the tendency to slow down if not maintained properly.
One may need to regularly prune, fertilize and protect the flowering peach tree from pests.
It is encouraged to not to plant these trees in wet soil.
There are several other types of flowering trees that you can research on to find which one will fit the best in your flower garden.
What's of prime importance while you engage yourself in growing flowering trees is patience.
You need to give them good time and chance to show their capabilities.
In the end, you'll be the one who'll be the happiest!