Botanical Name: Cercis canadensis
Common Name: ‘Forest Pansy’
Height: 5M
Width: 5M
Foliage: Large heart-shaped leaves open up in spring to a brilliant eye-catching shade of reddish-purple with a velvety-satin appearance, deepening to purplish-black then fading to purplish-green in summer. Generally exhibits brilliant yellow to orange autumn colours.
Flowers: Masses of small, pink, ‘pea’-like flowers borne in groups along the branches before the leaves appear in spring.
Plant Use: Feature tree
Light: Full sun to part shade
Soil: Well drained soil
