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.
They bloom in early summer on old wood, so prune them after flowering. Oakleaf hydrangeas, Hydrangea quercifolia: This native hydrangea features cone-shaped white blooms that turn a beautiful shade of russet in late summer. It, too, blooms on old wood so should not be pruned until after flowering.