Fruitful beauty: Floweraing trees and shrubs for landscapes

It’s that time of year. The deciduous trees are putting on their leaves. The oaks and pines are producing copious amounts of pollen. Live oaks are shedding leaves to put on new growth. Spring-blooming bulbs, trees and shrubs are starting to come life, and a great deal of our fruiting trees and shrubs are flowering. Flowering fruit trees and shrubs add both beauty and bounty to gardens and…