Pink and its different shades in a plant is a color of great beauty, which stands out easily between greens and browns. Although it is not common to find species with leaves of that color, it is common to see and of course acquire specimens with that floral coloration.
So if you are looking for trees with pink flowers, then we are going to show you the most recommended taking into account, not only its beauty, but also its ease of cultivation.
Acacia of Constantinople
Image - Flickr / Carl Lewis
It is also known as the silk tree or acacia with silky flowers, although it should not be confused with the plants of the Acacia genus. It is a deciduous tree native to Southeast and East Asia whose scientific name is Albizia julibrissin which reaches a height of 15 meters, with a wide crown formed by bipinnate green leaves.
Blooms in spring, producing flowers in pinkish panicles. The fruit is a legume that contains several slightly flattened brown seeds. It resists frosts down to -7ºC.
Tree of love
Image - Flickr / Salomé Bielsa
It is also known as the Judas tree, mad carob or redbud, and it is a deciduous tree native to the northern Mediterranean area whose scientific name is Cercis siliquastrum. It grows to a height of between 4 and 15 meters., although the normal thing is that it stays around 5-6 meters. Its crown is open and irregular, composed of simple and rounded greenish leaves.
Blooms from late winter to early / mid spring, producing pink and hermaphroditic flowers that appear before the leaves. The fruit is a legume that contains various blackish seeds. Resists cold and frost down to -7ºC.
Jupiter tree
It is also known as Jupiter, Indian lilac, southern lilac and crape, and it is a deciduous tree native to China, Japan, Himalayas and India whose scientific name is Lagerstroemia indica. It grows to a height of between 6 and 7 meters., with a trunk that usually branches from very low. The leaves are small, lanceolate, dark green except in autumn when they turn yellowish-orange in autumn before falling.
Blooms in spring, producing flowers of various colors (pink, white, mauve, purple, or crimson) grouped in panicles with a length of more than 9 centimeters, and the fruit is rounded, brown and small. It resists frosts down to -12ºC.
Japanese blossom cherry
Image - Wikimedia / Marie-Lan Nguyen
It is also known as the blossom cherry, the Japanese cherry, the eastern cherry, and the eastern Asian cherry. It is a deciduous tree native to Japan, Korea and China whose scientific name is Prunus serrulata. It can reach a maximum height of 20 meters, with a straight trunk with a dense crown. The leaves are ovate-lanceolate, green in color except in autumn when they turn reddish, yellowish or crimson.
Blooms in spring, producing flowers in clusters of color ranging from white to pink. The fruit is a black globose drupe that contains a seed. Resists up to -18ºC.
Redbud of Canada
Image - Wikimedia / Famartin
It is also known as the love tree of Canada or love of Canada, and it is a shrub or deciduous tree native to eastern North America whose scientific name is cercis canadensis. Reaches a height of 6 to 9 meters, with an irregular crown, not too open, formed by heart-shaped or ovate green leaves.
Blooms in spring, usually before the budding of the leaves, producing them in clusters of light to dark pinkish magenta color. The fruit is a short legume that contains brown seeds. Resists up to -12ºC.
Pink Guayacan
Image - Wikimedia / Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia
It is also known as maculís or apamate, and it is a native tree of Mexico and Central America whose scientific name is Tabebuia rosea. It grows to a height of between 6 and 10 meters., being able to exceed 25 meters. The leaves are palmate, green in color.
Blooms in spring, producing flowers in pink, lavender or magenta panicles. The fruit is a capsule which contains about ten winged seeds. Resists up to 4 degrees.
Star magnolia
Image - Flickr / Natalie Tapson
It is a shrub or deciduous tree native to Japan whose scientific name is Starry magnolia which reaches a height of between 2 and 3 meters. The leaves are simple, alternate and round in shape, dark green on the upper surface and lighter on the underside.
Blooms in late winter, producing star-shaped flowers of white, or pinkish color (the variety Magnolia stellata 'Rosea'). It resists frosts down to -20ºC.
Drunk stick
Image - Wikimedia / H. Zell
It is also known as the bottle tree, wool tree, ceiba, rosewood, samohú or toborochi, and it is a deciduous tree native to Central America whose scientific name is ceiba speciosa. Reaches a height of 10 to 20 meters, with a bottle-shaped trunk protected with thick stingers, and has leaves that are composed of 5-7 green leaflets.
Blooms in spring, producing large flowers with creamy white and pink petals. The fruit is a woody-textured pod that contains numerous seeds that resemble black chickpeas. Resists up to -7ºC.
Which of these trees with pink flowers did you like the most?