What Kind of Tree in New York Has Small Pink & White Flowers?

The Cherry Tree

• The winter doldrums are pushed to the side when, in Mid-March, the Japanese cherry tree starts to bloom. Continuing through to early May, these delicate pink and white flowers appear for a week to 10 days on each tree. The cherry blossom is the Japanese symbol for spring and in New York, it is the symbolic end of winter.

Pink Dogwood Tree

• A tree standing 15 to 20 feet and displaying a showy spray of pink flowers in the spring may be a pink dogwood tree. It is a hardy tree, adaptable to most soils and weather conditions. By summer the pink flowers are replaced by bright green leaves. In the autumn the leaves turn red and by winter, it produces red fruit to feed the birds. But it is the burst of light pink and white in the spring that catches the eye.

Eastern Redbud Tree

• One of the first trees to burst into color in the spring is the eastern redbud tree. It is distinguished by a short trunk and long, spreading limbs. The tree can grow to 30 feet with a 25-foot spread. A cultivar of the eastern redbud is the "flame." It produces double pink flowers in the early spring just as the leaves appear.

Crab apple

• As winter fades the crab apple tree begins its yearly show of color. Beginning with newly formed leaves and buds, faint pink flowers then appear in a halo of color, occupying the entire height and breadth of the tree. Each cultivar has its flowering season, and some bloom as early as April while others wait until mid-May. Three types of flowers appear, some with five petals, others with six to 10 petals and still others with more than 10 petals.