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Cercis siliquastrum

Award-Winning Tree With Heart-Shaped Leaves And Bold Blooms, Loved By Bees And Butterflies
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Key Features

  • Dramatic deep-pink spring flowers directly on bare stems, long before the leaves emerge
  • Heart-shaped foliage follows the blossom, creating an elegant canopy with gentle movement and ornamental beauty through summer
  • Endorsed by the RHS as a 'Plant for Pollinators', recognised as an excellent bee-friendly choice for your garden
  • A tough, drought-tolerant tree that grows well in most soils, full sun or light shade, and can handle exposed or windy conditions
  • Slow-growing with a naturally rounded habit, making it an ideal feature tree for smaller gardens, courtyards or open borders
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Description

A tree with real presence, Cercis siliquastrum, commonly known as the Judas Tree, boasts incredible visual impact and fascinating heritage from Southern Europe and Western Asia.

In spring, before the leaves appear, the bare branches erupt with clusters of deep-pink flowers, creating an effect that's completely unique and absolutely breathtaking. It's the kind of tree that makes you stop and stare, especially when the blossom is at its peak.

Soon after the flowering show, the heart-shaped leaves unfurl, adding a fresh layer of beauty as the season progresses.

This variety has been celebrated by the RHS as a 'Plant for Pollinators', meaning they'll attract bees, butterflies and other beneficial insects in spring.

Cercis siliquastrum is low maintenance, drought tolerant, and happy in most soils as long as they're reasonably well drained. It'll do well in full sun or partial shade and can even cope with more exposed sites, making it a solid choice for UK gardens.

Top Tips
Cercis can be left to grow naturally, or pruned to control its size and shape.
Care Information
  • Dig a square hole as deep as the roots and approximately 1.5x as wide.
  • Add Mycorrhizal fungi to the planting hole to help the plant establish quicker.
  • Spread the roots gently and place into the planting hole.
  • Mix well rotted compost or manure with the soil taken from the hole and then use to backfill around the tree.
  • Keep well-watered until established.
  • No routine pruning is necessary apart from removing any twisted, damaged or dead branches in early spring.
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Most orders are sent on a fully-tracked courier service with Yodel. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, no signature is required, and our courier is asked to leave your order in a safe place on your property.

We'll send a tracking link when we dispatch your order, so you know when its due to arrive. Please note, once delivered we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your property. If you have any specific delivery instructions, please let us know - there's an option to enter a short message for the courier at the checkout.

Smaller, lighter, single-item orders may be sent through the post with Royal Mail - in which case no tracking is available.

Our experienced nursery team will always send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive when you plant them, so although most plants are very tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme frosts or heatwaves, we avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme weather is forecast, or over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

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