14 Gorgeous Trees with Pink Flowers for a Storybook Yard
Bright, bold, and beautiful, a pink flowering tree will make springtime sing.
Few things make a yard feel more magical than a tree covered in soft pink blossoms. Whether you want to create the romantic feel of an English cottage garden, boost your home’s curb appeal, or simply add a stunning burst of spring color, pink flowering trees bring beauty and charm in a big way.
From classic cherry trees to compact varieties perfect for smaller yards, these blooming beauties can transform almost any landscape into a storybook setting. Many also attract pollinators like bees and butterflies, making your garden just as lively as it is beautiful.
Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
Tiny, exquisite hot pink sweet pea–like flowers cover the branches of this tree in early spring, long before the pretty heart-shaped leaves develop.
Redbuds are adaptable native trees and do well when they receive part sun. Many new varieties have been developed with varying heights, forms, and foliage colors.
USDA Hardiness Zones: 4 to 9
Sun exposure: Part sun
Mature size: 10 to 25 feet tall and 10 to 15 feet wide
Bloom time: Spring
Best for: Partially shady spots
Japanese Cherry (Prunus serrulata)
These stunning ornamental cherry blossom trees burst into bloom just for a few weeks in early spring. They're such a big thing in Japan that people take time off work to picnic beneath the trees when they're in bloom and make candies and treats shaped like (or sometimes flavored with) the flowers.
The trees need plenty of sun and well-draining soil. Plant in the fall to give the roots time to develop.
USDA Hardiness Zones: 5 to 8
Sun exposure: Full sun
Mature size: 15 to 25 feet tall
Bloom time: Spring
Best for: A showy display
Peach Trees (Prunus persica)
Peach trees can flower in a range of colors from pale white to nearly red, but pink is very common. And unlike apples, which typically have to be grafted to grow edible fruit, you can grow a fruiting peach tree from a seed!
USDA Hardiness Zones: 4 to 9, depending on varietal
Sun exposure: Full sun
Mature size: 12 to 15 feet tall
Bloom time: Spring
Best for: Fruit!
Learn more: Grow a Peach Tree from a Pit in Four Easy Steps
Pink Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
The dogwood tree, another North American native, has lovely pink flowers that appear in early spring. The tiny yellow-green flowers in the center are surrounded by showy blush petal-like bracts that open flat.
USDA Hardiness Zones: 5 to 9
Sun exposure: Full sun to part shade
Mature size: 15 to 25 feet tall and wide
Bloom time: Spring
Best for: Native lovers
Learn more: 11 Types of Dogwood Trees and Shrubs for Any Yard
Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia spp)
There are tons of different types of crape myrtle, and they’re all stunning! With varying shades of pale to electric pink flowers, you’ll love this tree’s ruffled blooms that appear for months from spring through summer.
Dwarf varieties top out at 5 to 10 feet tall, so you can enjoy this fast-growing tree even in a small garden.
USDA Hardiness Zones: 6 to 9
Sun exposure: Part to full sun
Mature size: 3 to 15 feet tall and 4 to 12 feet wide
Bloom time: Summer
Best for: Growing in poor soil
Magnolia (Magnolia spp.)
Magnolia trees are a favorite in the South, though there are varieties that can withstand the frigid temperatures of snowy climates.
Saucer magnolias, whose cup-shaped pink flowers appear in early spring in colder climates, reach 40 feet tall. Star magnolias are more shrub-like, with star-shaped pink flowers; they tolerate much colder temperatures, and top out at 15 feet tall.
Read the plant tag or description to choose the right size and type for your region.
USDA Hardiness Zones: 3 to 10
Sun exposure: Full sun
Mature size: 15 to 100 feet tall and 5 to 50 feet wide
Bloom time: Spring
Best for: Choices in size.
Weeping Cherry (Prunus pendula)
Perhaps there’s no better symbol of spring than the stunning weeping cherry tree. When its pendulous branches are laden with pink blossoms, you won’t be able to take your eyes off of it. There’s a reason people travel to see the cherry trees in bloom in places such as Japan and Washington, D.C.!
Different cultivars come in varying sizes, so read the plant tag or description to find one that will fit in your landscape.
USDA Hardiness Zones: 4 to 9
Sun exposure: Full sun
Mature size: 8 to 20 feet tall and 6 to 20 feet wide
Bloom time: Spring
Best for: Drama even after flowering
Pink Japanese Snowbell (Styrax japonicus)
This tree may not be familiar to you, but it’s absolutely gorgeous!
With blush-pink bell-shaped flowers that appear in late spring to early summer and a cotton-candy scent, this specimen will be like no other tree on your street.
USDA Hardiness Zones: 5 to 8
Sun exposure: Full sun
Mature size: 8 to 10 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide
Bloom time: Late spring and summer
Best for: Highly scented blooms
Weigela (Weigela florida)
Weigela is more of a very large shrub, but it has tubular flowers that hummingbirds absolutely adore so it’s a lovely addition for the pollinators in your landscape.
This is a good choice if you want spring and early summer color but don’t have room for a full-sized flowering tree. Some new types rebloom later in the season.
USDA Hardiness Zones: 4 to 8
Sun exposure: Full sun
Mature size: 4 to 5 feet tall and wide
Bloom time: Spring and summer
Best for: Small spaces
Crabapple (Malus)
Crabapple trees are real showstoppers in the spring when their branches are covered entirely in lush pink blooms.
The berries develop later in the season and are a favorite of birds, so be aware it can be a wee bit messy and is best planted away from driveways or walkways.
USDA Hardiness Zones: 4 to 8
Sun exposure: Full to part sun
Mature size: 15 to 25 feet tall and wide
Bloom time: Spring
Best for: Bird lovers
Rhododendron (Rhododendron)
This large broadleaf evergreen shrub has pinkish-purple flowers that appear in mid-spring. It’s a reliable bloomer and very cold-hardy. Rhododendrons make good screening hedges, too.
USDA Hardiness Zones: 4 to 9
Sun exposure: Full to part sun
Mature size: 5 to 10 feet tall and wide
Bloom time: Spring
Best for: Year-round color
Flowering Almond (Prunus triloba)
Flowering almond trees may be more petite and shrub-like or more tree-like in form. Both have beautiful fluffy pink blooms in spring.
USDA Hardiness Zones: 4 to 8
Sun exposure: Part to full sun
Mature size: 8 to 10 feet tall and wide
Bloom time: Late winter to spring
Best for: Someone who likes to prune.
Camellia (Camellia spp.)
Camellias have gorgeous rose-like flowers that appear in late winter to early spring for a striking accent plant in any Southern garden. The flowers are so perfect that they don’t even look real!
Camellias are available in a wide range of sizes and various shades of pink to red.
USDA Hardiness Zones: 7 to 9
Sun exposure: Part to full sun
Mature size: 8 to 10 feet tall and 6 to 10 feet wide
Bloom time: Late winter and early spring
Best for: Rose lovers
Kousa Dogwood (Cornus kousa)
Kousa dogwoods bloom about a month after Cornus florida dogwoods and after their leaves have developed. They’re also more disease-hardy than Cornus florida, which sometimes is vulnerable to powdery mildew.
USDA Hardiness Zones: 5 to 8
Sun exposure: Full sun to part shade
Mature size: 15 to 30 feet tall and wide
Bloom time: Late spring to early summer
Best for: Disease resistance
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