European Aspen (Populus tremula): The Whispering Tree of Europe and Asia The European aspen is one of the most widely distributed trees on Earth. Its natural range runs from Iceland and the British Isles across Europe and northern Asia to China, Japan, and the Kamchatka Peninsula, and from above the Arctic Circle in Scandinavia south … Read more

Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides): North America’s Most Widespread Tree and Its Hidden Underground Forests The quaking aspen is the most widely distributed tree in North America. It grows from Alaska and Newfoundland south through the Rocky Mountains to central Mexico, and it is native to all Canadian provinces and most US states. It is famous … Read more

White Ipê: Brazil’s “Snow Tree” and Its Fleeting Winter Bloom The white ipê is one of the most striking flowering trees of Brazil. For a few days in late winter, its bare branches disappear under masses of white to blush-pink trumpet flowers. The whole tree looks dusted with snow, and fallen petals carpet the ground … Read more

Tabebuia trees are some of the most spectacular flowering trees in the tropics. In the dry season, many drop their leaves and then burst into masses of trumpet-shaped flowers in pink, purple, yellow or white, so the whole crown seems to glow with color. Because of their flowers they are often called trumpet trees, and … Read more

Yellow Poui: Trinidad’s Dry-Season Gold and One of the World’s Hardest Woods The yellow poui is the tree that tells Trinidad and Tobago the rains are coming. Near the end of the long dry season, these tall trees drop their leaves and cover themselves in clouds of brilliant yellow trumpet flowers. They light up the … Read more

Araguaney: Venezuela’s National Tree and Its Burst of Golden Bloom The araguaney is the national tree of Venezuela. Each year near the end of the dry season, it bursts into a blaze of golden-yellow flowers. For a few weeks in late winter and early spring, araguaneys across the Venezuelan countryside and in city streets lose … Read more

Lavender Trumpet Tree: The Purple-Pink Trumpet Tree Known as Pau d’Arco The lavender trumpet tree is the nursery name for one of the most celebrated flowering trees in the warm Americas. In late winter its bare branches burst into clusters of lavender, rose-pink, and magenta trumpet flowers, each with a bright golden-yellow throat. In South … Read more

Golden Trumpet Tree: Florida’s Late-Winter Burst of Gold The golden trumpet tree is one of the most dazzling flowering trees in the warm South. For a few weeks in late winter or early spring, its branches erupt in dense clusters of bright yellow trumpet-shaped flowers, often before the new leaves appear. In Central and South … Read more

The red trumpet tree, also called the blood-red trumpet tree, is one of the rarest and most unusual trumpet trees in the world. Most of its relatives bloom in pink, yellow, or white, but this small tree bears clusters of deep blood-red to magenta tubular flowers. It grows wild only on the island of Puerto … Read more

Silver Trumpet Tree: Sarasota’s Official Tree and a Golden Showpiece With Silver Leaves The silver trumpet tree has one of the most confusing names in Florida horticulture. The name says silver, but in late winter the tree covers itself in bright golden-yellow, trumpet-shaped flowers. Those flowers open on bare branches and turn the whole crown … Read more