Color-leafed trees are rich in colors, like flowers in full bloom in all seasons, and will become the first choice for landscaping.
Color-leafed tree species, especially big trees, such as Metasequoia glyptostroboides, Photinia rubra, Sophora japonica, etc. It is a common tree species for street trees and scenic forests because of its stable colors in all seasons.
Definition of colored leaf tree
Color-leafed trees, also known as color-leafed trees, refer to plants whose leaves and stems show different colors (non-green) all year round, such as the new variety Bauhinia canadensis, and the common Metasequoia glyptostroboides, China Hongye, Red-leafed Plum, Hongfeng, Golden-leafed Sophora japonica, and blue ice cypress. Red-leaf plum leaves are black all year round; The leaves of Hongfeng are bright red all year round, and the leaves of Metasequoia are golden yellow all year round; At the same time, there are some tree species whose leaves contain red, yellow and white colors, such as flowering banyan.
The leaves of these trees have red, yellow, purple, mosaic and other non-single green species all the year round or before falling leaves, which are called color-leafed species.
Brief introduction of colored leaf tree species
(1) cotinus coggygria
Cotinus coggygria, alias: red leaves, Cotinus coggygria, willow seeds, yellow dragon heads, Cotinus coggygria, Cotinus coggygria and so on. It is an important ornamental red leaf tree species in China. In autumn, the leaves turn red and bright, and the famous red leaves in Xiangshan, Beijing are mainly based on this tree species.
Gardens are suitable for planting in clumps on lawns, mounds and hillsides, and can also be mixed with other trees, especially evergreen trees. In addition, cotinus coggygria flowers like fog, the landscape is also very charming.
(2) Sophora japonica
Sophora japonica is a variety of Sophora japonica. Deciduous trees of Leguminosae and Sophora. The first four months of the growing season are yellow. Light green in the late growth stage. Yellow before August, golden yellow in the upper part and light green in the lower part after August.
Yellow leaves of Sophora japonica. They are all charming and gratifying golden yellow, and they look like blooming golden flowers, which are very dazzling.
(3) Torch tree
Rhubarb, a small deciduous tree, belongs to Uraciaceae Rhus chinensis. Odd pinnate compound leaves. The leaves turn red after autumn, which is very spectacular. It often grows on open sandy soil and gravel soil.
Torch tree has fast growth speed, strong adaptability and ornamental value, and is widely used in land restoration and garden construction. It is a good tree species for greening barren hills and scenic forests in saline-alkali land.
Branches with high water content and low oil content are not easy to burn, so they are good pioneer afforestation tree species for slope protection, fire prevention, dike reinforcement, beach sealing, sand fixation and soil conservation.
(4) blue ice cypress
Cultivated varieties of blue ice cypress, Cupressaceae and smooth green dry cypress of Cupressaceae. Evergreen trees, erect, round or conical as a whole. Scales are blue or blue-green.
Blue ice cypress is compact, charming blue, elegant and refined, and the colorful lights at night are puzzling. It is the main tree species of Christmas tree. It can be used for potted plants, single plants and row plants, and has ornamental value as landscape trees and street trees.
(5) Albizia julibrissin
Albizia Albizia, a deciduous tree of Albizia in Leguminosae, is16m high, with spreading branches and an umbrella-shaped crown. In urban greening, single planting can be courtyard trees, and group planting can be combined with flowering shrubs or mixed with other tree species to form scenic forests, which are often used for garden viewing. Suitable for planting in factories, hillsides, courtyards, roadsides and buildings. Bark and flowers can be used for medicine.
(6) Acer truncatum Bunge
Nicknames: American red maple, red maple, swamp maple, Kana red maple. Deciduous trees It grows rapidly, with tree height 12-18m and crown width12m2. Can adapt to a variety of soil types. Red flowers bloom in spring and have dazzling colors and neat crowns in autumn, which are widely used in parks, streets and residential areas.