(Carolina Silverbell, Mountain Silverbell)

The dainty, white flowers of Carolina silverbell are a lovely sight to behold in springtime. This multi or single-trunked deciduous tree is native to the central and eastern United States where it inhabits woodland areas with rich, fertile soils. There are two varieties that vary in height. Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera becomes a small to medium sized tree and Halesia tetraptera var. monticola becomes very large. Mature specimens develop large, rounded...

(Mountain Silverbell)

The gentle, bell-like, white flowers of mountain silverbell are a lovely sight to behold in springtime, being slightly larger in size than those of the Carolina silverbell (H. tetraptera). A tall, pyramid-like, deciduous tree from the cool, moist soils of the higher elevations of Arkansas and North Carolina in the southern United States, it often is multi-trunked, showing off its gray and brown fissured and shallowly furrowed bark. As the first of the downy, medium green leaves begin to...

(Guayacán, Tabebuia)

Yellow trumpet-shaped flowers with golden necks appear at the end of winter on the deciduous guayacán. This tall-growing tree is native to the highlands of the Andes in northern South America. It grows in the dry forests of Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela and northwestern Brazil -- the headwaters region of the Amazon River. It develops a rather open, rounded and upright canopy. The bark is smooth and tan-gray. The guayacán's habitat is becoming increasingly threatened, especially in Ecuador and...

(Golden Tabebuia, Golden Trumpet Tree)

Bright yellow flowers that rival the sun for attention fill the bare branches on the golden trumpet tree. This large-growing deciduous tree is native from Mexico southward to Venezuela and Peru, including along the coast of Ecuador. This species is known to bloom simultaneously across a region, creating magnificent displays across the countryside. Depending on latitude and elevation, flowering is most concentrated from late winter to early spring. The golden trumpet tree develops an upright, irregular...

(Golden Tabebuia, Golden Trumpet Tree)

Also known as Tabebuia chrysotricha, this round-crowned, medium-sized, semi-evergreen tree is grown for its profusion of golden blossoms in spring. It is native to seasonally dry forests in Brazil and Colombia.

This spreading, gray-barked branches of this tropical tree are furnished with compound, five-fingered, glossy green leaves that flush in mid-spring and drop in late winter. The leaves are rough-textured and have fuzzy stems and undersides. Flat clusters of trumpet-shaped, golden-yellow...

(Pink Tabebuia, Pink Trumpet Tree)

Valued as a timber tree, pink trumpet tree gives the added bonus of producing a fantastic spring flowering display. It's a semi-deciduous tree native to the dry coastal forests across the Caribbean. It's a very close relative to the ipe (Handroanthus impetiginosus). This slow-growing tree develops an upright oval habit. The bark is smooth and gray-brown.

The leaves are compound, resembling hands with five leaflets. Leaflet edges are always lined with tiny teeth. The foliage is rich green...

(Ipê, Lavender Trumpet Tree, Purple Tabebuia)

Ipê explodes into fantastic bloom by very early spring, rivaling a magnolia or cherry tree in beauty and visual presence. It's a deciduous tree native to the highlands of Mexico and extends far south into Argentina. Across this expansive area of distribution, the plant is quite variable in habit. Always slow growing, ipê may become a multi-trunked shrub or solitary-stemmed upright tall tree. The bark is smooth and gray-brown. In very old tall trees the trunk may become buttressed, with an irregular...

(Golden Ipê, Surinam Greenheart, Yellow Poui)

A massive tree of the tropical rainforest, the Surinam greenheart or golden ipe provides a showy display of yellow trumpet-shaped flowers anytime from midwinter to late spring. This semi-evergreen, rarely fully deciduous tree is native to northern South America, from the Caribbean coast southward into Bolivia and central Brazil. Slow growing, it becomes a towering tree with a buttressed trunk. Its bark is thinly corky and a warm sandy brown.

The compound leaves look like large hands, with five...

(Golden Tabebuia, Golden Trumpet Tree)

One of the most cold-hardy trumpet trees, this species is becoming increasing endangered across its rainforest habitat in Brazil. A small to medium size tree, nearly evergreen in tropical climes but more deciduous in chillier winter areas, the golden trumpet tree is prized for its yellow flower display in late winter or early spring. The tree is moderate in growth pace, attaining an open, rounded canopy with spreading branches.

The leaves are compound and shaped like a hand. Five smooth-edged...

(Corkwood, Seacoast Mallow)

Seacoast mallow, or sea hibiscus, is a vigorous tropical, evergreen tree with large leaves and delicate color-changing yellow flowers. Although now growing all across the tropics, its original native range is perhaps southern Asia. The glossy, medium to dark green leaves densely cover the branches. Anytime from spring to fall, light yellow, papery flowers with a maroon eye appear above or among the leaves. The blossoms open at dawn, by noon are a golden yellow, and are golden orange by sunset before...