Cercis Flowering Tree
Cercis Flowering Tree
Cercis Canadensis Flowering Tree
North America, 1730. This species resembles Cercis
Siliquastrum, but is of much smaller growth, and bears paler flowers;
while Cercis Chinenesis, which is not hardy, has large, rosy-pink flowers.
Cercis Siliquastrum Flowering Tree
Judas Tree. South Europe, 1596. A small-growing tree of some 15 feet in height, and with usually a rather ungainly and crooked mode of growth. It is, however, one of our choicest subjects for ornamental planting, the handsome reniform leaves and rosy-purple flowers produced along the branches and before the leaves appear rendering it a great favourite with planters.
There are three distinct forms of this shrub the first, Cercis Siliquastrum alba, having pure white flowers; Cercis Siliquastrum carnea, with beautiful deep pink flowers; and Cercis Siliquastrum variegata, with neatly variegated foliage, though rather inconstant of character. Natives of South Europe, and amongst the oldest trees of our gardens.
They all succeed best when planted in rather damp loam, and do not
object to partial shade, the common species growing well even beneath
the drip of large standard trees.
• Opposite is a flowering tree picture.
• Information about the Cercis flowering trees.
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• The Cercis is a flowering tree.
• Flowering trees and bushes.