Crabapples don’t have much of a following in the Northwest — yet. Extend the tree-blooming season with these varieties. We are blessed with an extended parade of flowering trees in the Northwest.

Crape myrtle The "lilac of the South" gets its name from its crinkly, crepelike flowers and from foliage that resembles the true myrtle. Although native to China and Japan, crapes carry on here as if ...