Pretty shrub with 'lilly pad' leaves.

Morning All!

This shrub is a blow in from last year, and it seems to be doing well.







Its cute and compact for now, but Ive seem it in a neighbour's front garden and its fairly large. Id like to know what it is so I know when to start pruning.

 

Looks like a 'Judas Tree'; Cercis Siliquastrum..

BBC - Gardening: Plant Finder - Judas tree

I used to have one in my old garden; when it got to flowering size it was amazing, almost every inch of bare bark covered in bright pink 'pea' flowers just before the leaves emerged, simply stunning...:thumb:

As it flowers on mature wood I suspect regular pruning would affect flower production significantly...

 

Morning Bilbo, thanks for the ID and the link

Yikes, its a tree?!

Hopefully I can move it in the autumn or eventually I may have to destroy it.
There are two roses (one new and one old) and a passion flower behind it.

I googled its flowers and they seem a bit bright for me...

 

Hi Melinda, hope you are well; yes they are certainly bright and even more obvious when; as mine did it flowered before the leaves instead of with the leaves...:thumb:

 

I have one Melinda and they are definitely a small tree (Cercis siliquastrum ... the Judas Tree or Tree of Love) and the flowers are just stunning ... and shocking in colour. Mine blooms on the bare trunk/stems before it gets its leaves following by pods with zillions of winged seeds. I have several seeded around the garden and am nuturing one to bonsai.

There is one road going up into the mountains here where they line the road.

 

If it was me I'd pair it with something orange..........

 

Hello you

I wonder how a tree becomes both a Judas tree and a tree of love?

Its going to be too pink for me I fear. What is the root system like?

If I can Id like to dig it up and give it away rather than destroy it.

It cant be any more than one or two years old?

 

Madahlia- pink and orange? Id need to wear shades!


Mind you I made up some very hot planters this summer- Red and orange. They have been admired...

 

Battersea indeed! Harrumph!

;-)


Im torn between waiting to see what shade of neon the flowers will be and not wanting to further delay getting it out.

 

Hiya Melinda

It is called the Judas Tree in Catholicism. I am sure other religions would not subscribe to this name. In France it is also called Arbre d'amour, Spanish as Árbol del amor and even in English as the Tree of Love according to my 6 language book on Plants and Flora of Portugal.

I am not very good on root structure but as it is a relatively small tree I would suspect the root structure to be similar.

I completely agree with Madahhlia regarding the orange and pink. In fact, I have an orange and pink 'corner' which contains the Cercis, a Tecomaria (Cape Honeysuckle, a scrambling shrub) with blood orange blooms, a Leonotis leonurus (Lion's Tail) with orange blooms, a pink Argyranthemum (Marguerite) and a pink trailing Geranium. It's obviously the artist in me.

By the way, your red Jasmine is still alive but struggling. It has rooted itself in several places but refuses to grow and/or flower .... but I live in hope.

 

Im happy to send you more beesanium Victoria?

Im rather disappointed in mine. I have an entire wall of my house covered in beesanium.
Ive been rather patient with it, but the flowers remain inconsequential with no discernible fragrance. Im seriously considering adding another plant to its trough.

Its hardly worthy of the name jasmine. My officialis fills the entire street with perfume.

 

So why are you offering more to me, my darling?