Glenwood Orchard. Glenwood Orchard is located in the beautiful Glenwood hills area of Glenwood City in Eastern St. Croix County, Wisconsin. We are about 45 minutes east of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota and 45 minutes West of Eau Claire, Wisconsin ~ just eight miles North of the I-94 interstate highway.
Not all early spring blooming trees are regarded as ornamental, such as red maples or birches, but still their flowers provide visual interest and some color. Large shrubs that have a tree-like form also provide excellent early spring flower color.
The purple-leaf plum tree gets a jump on spring by blooming in late January or early February before the leaves bud. The tree needs to be planted in full sun to bring out the purple in the leaves as shade causes the leaves to turn green, according to the U.S. Forest Service.