Cercis
canadensis
Ornamental
Cercis
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.
Dark reddish-brown, becoming rougher and greyer with age.
Overseas literature refers to pods 50-80 mm long. Not observed in Australia to date.
Open and low branching, forming a flat-topped canopy. The young branches have a distinct ‘zig-zag’ habit.
Masses of small, pink, ‘pea’-like flowers borne in groups along the branches before the leaves appear in spring.
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