
Many species of trees flower and some are more conspicuous than others and some put on a superb floral display. In May the most common flowering species of trees, shrubs and climbers includes the following but this is not a full list but a few examples:-
- Horse Chestnut (Aesculus)
- Judas tree (Cercis)
- Quince (Chaenomeles)
- Clematis
- Dogwood (Cornus)
- Cotoneaster
- Thorns including Hawthorn (Crataegus)
- Cytisus
- Dove tree (Davidia involucrata)
- Ash (Fraxinus)
- Halesia
- Laburnum
- Lonicera
- Apple (Malus)
- Fox glove tree (Paulowina tomentosa)
- Cherries (Prunus)
- Pears (Pyrus)
- Potentilla
- Rowans and Whitebeams (Sorbus)
- Wisteria
Here are a few examples of flowering bonsai trees that were present at the Wessex Bonsai Show Open Competition in May this year.
- Cotoneaster
- Cotoneaster
- Cotoneaster
- Hawthorn
- Hawthorn
- Hawthorn
- Hawthorn
- Hawthorn
- Laburnum
- Laburnum
- Pyracantha
In addition to a few more images of some flowering bonsai trees for May…
- 3rd place – AW, Japanese Snowbell
- Pyracantha
- Wisteria
- Red Hawthorn
- Azalea
- Cotoneaster
- Cotoneaster
- Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster microphyllus)
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