Ohio glories in its blossoming trees : spring finds the State Department glowing with the golden icteric blooms of Cornelian cherry tree cornel and fragrant with the scent of Sargent wild apple . While their bloom time of year may finish too promptly , many of Ohio ’s inflorescence trees produce colorful and/or edible fruit and brilliant fall color . Some even impart pastime to wintertime garden .
Ohio Buckeye
advantageously known outside Ohio for the Ohio State University Buckeye squad that carry its name , the Ohio buckeye tree ( Aesculus glabra ) belong to the horse chestnut tree sept . In the autumn , Ohio ’s college campuses and forests blaze orange with the 60- to 80 - foot trees ' superb foliage .
Buckeye trees produce upright clusters of showy yellow and green flush at the ends of their curving offset . The buckeyes themselves are nuts encased in spiny , dark brown husks . Trees tolerate sunlight , partial shade , or full tad and prefer rich , moist , acidic soil . Their dense canopy provide first-class tincture , but monish sess from growing under Ohio buckeyes .
Sow the fresh cum in gloam , or grease one’s palms unseasoned tree diagram at nurseries . Trees work well out from driveways and streets so their fallen flowers , nuts and sprig are n’t a problem . While squirrels love the buckeye nuts , every part of this Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , if assimilate , is toxic to humans and livestock .
Cigar Tree
Ohio ’s cigar tree ( Catalpa bignonioides ) has short , crooked arm with a spread equal to , or surmount , its common 25 to 40 human foot altitude . Its pale green , nub - influence leaf are between 6 and 12 inches long .
The cigar tree diagram , says the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center , set on a striking flowered display during May and June . The white-hot flowers appear in clusters of between ten and 20 efflorescence . Each 2 - inch - wide flower has five frilled petal . Two large and several smaller yellow floater as well as several little purple spots and stripes mark the blossom ’s throats . Its cigar - shaped seedpods are the tree diagram ’s namesake .
Trees like fly-by-night locations with moist or wet ground . Buy vernal trees at greenhouse , scatter seed where it is to maturate in late wintertime or other spring , or disseminate tree from stem cutting . move out root suckers to prevent undesirable spread .
White Fringetree
name for its unusual clump of elongated creamy white flower , white fringetree ( chionanthus virginicus ) belongs to the olive tree family . grow between 15 and 30 feet , white interference fringe tree also produces attractive recondite aristocratical grape - similar fruit . Four to 6 - inch long flowers long look in April and May , just prior to or concurrent with the tree ' dark green spear - shaped folio .
yield ripens in former summer , providing a food for thought source for Bronx cheer and little mammals . leave turn yellow in the fall and the tree ’s white - undress gray bark provides garden interest during wintertime . These tree are effectual as individual specimen or planted in groups . They demand fond shade and moist sandy soil , and do well along pond and streambeds . unseasoned trees are useable at nursery .
