White trees with red leaves are truly beautiful to see, so you may want to consider growing them if you have enough space – examples are northern red oak and Japanese maple.
These trees may be beautiful, but they are easy to grow so long as you can get their growing conditions right as well as grow them in the right zones. Take note that some of these trees have light gray bark. Continue reading this complete guide to learn more!
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Types of White Trees With Red Leaves
1. Quaking Aspen
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If you are very intentional about looking for a tree with pure white bark, here’s a very good example for you. These majestic trees grow very tall, producing green leaves that turn red or golden yellow. These trees turn red as fall approaches and you’d surely be very proud that you planted them. Well, get ready to clear their leaves.
Note that the beauty of tall trees is mostly hidden when you grow just one. This means that if you’re considering growing this tree, it should be in a forest setting so that you can grow multiple trees. If you have a reforestation project, this Aspen is a good tree for you, as it is effective as well as beautiful. Check out some great landscaping ideas with Aspen trees!
2. ‘Royal Frost’ Birch
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Here’s a birch tree that you can grow beside your home. The canopy of this tree is not thick, so you can easily grow the tree very close to your home.
The color of its leaves ranges from dark red to purple though they turn yellow or orange as the fall approaches. While the color of the canopy attracts you to the birch, its white bark will make you look even further.
3. Northern Red Oak
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This beautiful red oak tree, quercus rubra, is native to Northern America, hence its name. While the bark of this oak is light gray to grayish brown, it looks white from some angles. This oak tree is truly a majestic one, as it produces red leaves, especially in the fall months. Well, its leaves are green in its active growing season.
We recommend the Northern red oak tree to you (so long as you live in suitable zones) because it maintains its beauty even in winter. While other trees shed their leaves, this majestic tree keeps most of its red leaves to beautify its environment in winter. Imagine seeing a red canopy and a white background.
4. Sourwood
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One very easy-growing tree that you can grow in your yard is the Oxydendrum arboreum tree. This tree is fast-growing and does not require a lot of care.
Its red leaves growing on the white bark will surely catch the attention of visitors. You should always ensure that the yard is clean so that the beauty of this tree won’t be hidden.
5. Japanese White Birch
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The thing about Japan is that so many beautiful trees in the world originate from there. Although there are white birch trees and many of them do not produce red leaves; this variety, the Betula Platyphylla Var.
Japonica produces red leaves on a white bark. The trees are easy to prune, so you’ll mostly see them in different shapes according to the desire of their owners.
6. Red Maple
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Maples are truly special trees and there’s no way your visitors will not take a look at your trees if you are growing maples. What’s more special about the red maple is that its leaves are bright red and they surely stand out from other trees, even if you are growing the maple near trees with multi-colored leaves.
This maple has a smooth and pale gray bark when it is young though the bark turns brown as the tree matures.
To grow the Acer rubrum maple tree, you need to put the thickness of its canopy into consideration, as it surely has a wide canopy.
So long as you properly space the maple from your house or other trees, you won’t have problems as the tree grows. Note that while the red leaves are beautiful to look at while they fall, you need to clear them from the ground as soon as you can.
7. Flowering Crabapple ‘Red Silver’
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If you are looking for a very beautiful, deciduous, and weeping tree for your yard, here’s a perfect fit for you. This beautiful tree has red leaves with silver hair that can grow more than 2 inches long. Everything about the tree is beautiful, you’ll be stunned when you see the tree and will surely want to take a closer look.
This beautiful crabapple is not just beautiful, it is also fast-growing, as you do not need to wait for many years before your yard becomes super beautiful.
To grow the tree without problems, ensure that the crown of its roots is slightly exposed to the air and not covered by grasses or fallen leaves.
8. Japanese Maple
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As you already know, some of the most beautiful trees are found in Japan. This beautiful acer palmatum tree is one of the many ornamental trees that come with red leaves.
Japanese maples can easily grow in pots, even though they have a fast growth rate, so long as you regularly prune them. You can also grow them very close to other trees in your yard without any problems so long as the soil is nutritious and moist.
9. Copper Beech
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Here’s another beautiful tree with white bark and red leaves. The bark is technically gray though it looks white from a distance. These beautiful trees grow very tall and have a large spread, so you need to consider spacing before you plant them.
One unique feature of this tree is that while other trees lose their leaves in the fall months, its leaves turn dry and brown but remain attached to the branches until spring.
10. American Sweetgum
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Just in case you need a native white tree with red leaves, here’s one very beautiful example for you. These sweetgum trees are deciduous, so be prepared to clear their leaves in the fall months.
It’s work that you’d love to do because of the beauty of the tree. The tree’s leaves are not just red in the fall months, they are also star-shaped and are very easy to recognize when placed with other leaves.
What’s more? The leaves have a very fine mint-like scent, so your yard will be both beautiful and aromatic when you grow these native trees. Just in case you are a fan of native medicine, the leaves of these trees come with medicinal properties as well.
Conclusion
White trees that produce red leaves are truly beautiful to see.
Here are some points that you should remember from this article:
- Some examples of trees with white barks and red leaves that you should grow are sourwood, quaking aspen, and copper beech.
- Take note that even though a lot of these trees look white, most of them have gray barks.
- Most of the red leaves are fall foliage. This means that the tree most probably produces green leaves in spring and summer.
- While deciduous trees lose their leaves in the fall and winter months, evergreen trees keep their leaves. Always know the type of tree that you want to grow.
- Always put the soil and atmospheric needs of a tree into consideration before you decide to plant it.
Don’t worry; as long as the growing conditions are met, there is no tree that you can’t grow. Do enjoy the view of your garden with these majestic trees! If you want to add trees with red flowers to your garden, check out our detailed post!
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