Cercis

Cercis siliquastrum This is truly striking to look at.

Cercis siliquastrum FOR something that's truly striking to look at, you can't go too far wrong with this one.

Mitchell, Aboyne Cercis canadensis, or Forest Pansy, is usually trouble-free but it does like good drainage and a combination of wet soil and cold winters may have done for yours.

Western gardeners don't often get to enjoy the thirsty redbud tree, but the Mexican variety (Cercis canadensis mexicana) is ideal for shady northern exposures in the desert southwest.

Good choices for forcing this month include serviceberry (Amelanchier), magnolia (Magnolia), flowering quince (Chaenomeles), forsythia (Forsythia), crab apple or apple (Malus), flowering pear (Pyrus), flowering cherry (Prunus), spring-flowering witch hazel (Hamamelis vernalis) and redbud (Cercis).

Plants that give a vibrant autumn display tend to colour up best in the sun, with trees and shrubs such as Cotinus 'Grace', Rhus typhina, Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy' and maples leading the way.

urticae on saplings of eastern redbud, Cercis canadensis L.

"Amelanchiers, parrotias or cercis are great, but if you have significant access issues with getting into properties, the single-stemmed tree is always better."

Alien taxa (national and/or regional) were generally not considered; however, Abies alba (doubtfully native for Lazio), Olea europaea, and Cercis siliquastrum (both naturalized to Abruzzo), were considered in both regions.

The identified trees were Cedrus libani, Cedrus deodora, Thujo occidentalis 'Smargard', Cercis siligastrum and Acer palmatum 'Osakazuki'.

Another shrub with an Easter theme is cercis siliquastrum, known as the Judas tree as Judas Iscariot is said to have hanged himself from one.

Gray (moquito), Carya ovata var., mexicana (Engelm.) Manning (nogalillo), Cercis canadensis L.