Identify by feature
Tree or shrub with pink blossom: which one is it?
Pink blossom in spring is, in gardens and streets, usually a Japanese cherry, an apple (pink buds, white flowers), a Judas tree, a peach or a magnolia.
15 species with this feature
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Japanese cherry Prunus serrulata
Broadleaf tree
Pink or white, often double flowers in April (e.g. ‘Kanzan’).
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Judas tree Cercis siliquastrum
Broadleaf tree
Pink to purple pea flowers in clusters on bare twigs, old branches and the trunk, just before the leaves.
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Almond Prunus dulcis
Fruit tree
Pale pink to white flowers (3–5 cm), single or in pairs, February–March, well before the leaves.
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Magnolia Magnolia
Shrub
Large white, pink or purple tulip- or star-shaped flowers, March–April, before the leaves.
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Quince Cydonia oblonga
Fruit tree
Large, pale pink flowers (4–5 cm) borne singly on short shoots, in May, after the leaves.
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Crab apple Malus sylvestris
Broadleaf tree
White to pale pink flowers in clusters, in April–May.
Native
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Red horse chestnut Aesculus × carnea
Broadleaf tree
Upright candles of pink to deep red flowers, in May.
Poisonous
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Flowering quince Chaenomeles
Shrub
Cup-shaped flowers (3–5 cm) in clusters on the old wood, from March to May, often before the leaves; scarlet, orange, pink or white.
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Flowering currant Ribes sanguineum
Shrub
Hanging to spreading clusters of pink, red or white flowers in April, together with the leaves.
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Mezereon Daphne mezereum
Shrub
Pink to purplish-pink, four-lobed flowers in twos to fours against the bare stem, from February to April, before the leaves; very fragrant.
NativePoisonous
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Camellia Camellia japonica
Shrub
Large (6–12 cm) white, pink or red flowers, single or double; they drop off whole.
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Apricot Prunus armeniaca
Fruit tree
White to pale pink flowers, single or in pairs, as early as March, before the leaves.
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Cherry plum Prunus cerasifera
Broadleaf tree
White (pale pink in the purple-leaved plum) flowers, single or in pairs, in March, just before or with the leaves.
Tip: If it flowers as early as February–March on bare twigs, it is more likely an almond, a peach or mezereon; if the flowers even grow on the trunk, a Judas tree.