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Flower Display Page: Cercis.

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Family description Cercis.

The Circis are small trees mostly having red or pink flowers.

General care.

Plant and forget.

Notes on Toxicity or Culinary usage.

No toxic, culinary or medicinal properties known.

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Species description. Cercis siliquastrum.

The Judas Tree of Biblical fame from which Judas is supposed to have hanged himself. (Or did the bailifs do it). The tree is stunning when in flower with blooms even coming out of the trunk.

Cercis (Judas tree)Cercis siliquastrum
Close-up of flowers.
 

Display characteristics for Cercis siliquastrum.

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  • Plant type: Monocotyledon. Deciduous
  • Habit: Erect
  • Type: Tree. Shrub.
  • Height: 10.00 mtr.
  • Spread: 8.00 mtr.
  • Attractive to wildlife: None
  • Preferred soil type: Clay. Chalk. Gravel. Loam. Sand. Silt.
  • Soil moisture requirement: Medium
  • Soil ph: Undefined
  • Suitable position: Open ground. Border. Container.
  • Light requirements: Full sun.
  • Summer water requirements: Low
  • Winter water requirements: None
  • Minimum temperature: -10 °c
  • Safe Minimum temperature: -5 °c
  • Safe Maximum temperature: 35 °c
  • Maximum temperature: 0 °c
  • Wind tolerance: Medium
  • Salt tolerance: None
  • Drought tolerance: High
  • Waterlogging tolerance: Low
  • Toxicity-Edibility: Unknown
  • Bloom attributes: Showy display.
  • Foliage attributes: Undefined
  • Berry attributes: Undefined
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