Small trees can still pack a big punch in your landscape. Whether you've got a modest-size yard or are just filling in larger spaces, these varieties will fit in perfectly.

Plant a Fringe Tree to have a three-season stunner in your bird-friendly backyard.

The Fringe Tree (Chionanthus virginicus) is a captivating deciduous shrub or small tree. It boasts abundant clouds of fragrant, creamy-white flowers in late spring, followed by dark blue fruit in summer.

In early spring, the delightful, fragrant flowers of the fringe tree burst into bloom. Fringe trees are outstanding landscape trees with many features to recommend them. Want to know more? You'll find all the fringe tree information you need in this article.

A splendid tree for small spaces, the Chinese fringe tree displays clusters of fragrant, fringe-like blooms in spring.

Click through our gallery to see beautiful flowering trees that grow successfully in Houston's exteme weather.

Small trees can still pack a big punch in your landscape. Whether you've got a modest-size yard or are just filling in larger spaces, these varieties will fit in perfectly.

The fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus) grows from Canada to the Gulf Coast. Learn how to care for this tough, dependable, and fragrant spring bloomer.

Chinese fringe tree, Chionanthus retusus, is a flowering tree with spectacular white blooms and attractive exfoliating bark that is easy to grow.

Chinese fringe tree (Chionanthus retusus) foliage is darker, glossier, rounder, and more leathery than native fringe tree (C. virginicus) foliage, and its flower petals have rounded ends and appear less feathery than those of the native tree. Photo by Bill Haws There’s some disagreement about the true