Middle Tennessee is in Plant Hardiness Zone 7. If you’re not familiar with the Arbor Day Foundation’s Plant Hardiness Zones, think of it as a horoscope for your plants and trees. Based on annual average high and low temperatures, the zones give an indication of what plants and trees will grow best, and where. A tree that is best suited for growth in Northern Montana probably won’t do as well if planted in Southern Arizona.
If you’re looking for trees to add to your landscaping, here are five of the most popular trees in Middle Tennessee which are also best-suited for growing here:
- Prairifire Flowering Crabapple. The Prairifire Flowering Crabapple adds color to your landscape with bright red flowers and red leaves that mature to a deep, dark green. This fairly short, ornamental tree is friendly to birds and wildlife.
- Red Dogwood. The Red Dogwood blooms with red flowers in the spring and displays dark reddish-purple leaves in the fall. Its red berries are a favorite for songbirds.
- White Fir. The White Fir is drought-tolerant, good for Middle Tennessee’s sometimes unpredictable rain fall. This tree has light-colored bark with silvery blue-green needles and grows up to 50 feet tall.
- Saucer Magnolia. The Saucer Magnolia is aptly named with its large, saucer-shaped flowers that fade from pink/purple on the edge to white in the middle. It’s a fairly fast-growing tree and can top out at 30 feet tall.
- Giant Sequoia. The Giant Sequoia is a strikingly majestic columnar evergreen tree. It produces bluish-green needles with reddish-brown cones. Able to grow and thrive in a variety of soils, the Giant Sequoia can reach up to 200 feet in the air and 25 feet wide.
Contact us if you have questions about adding some of Middle Tennessee’s favorite and best-growing trees to your landscape. The birds and wildlife in your neighborhood will be glad you did!