Cercis siliquastrum

Origin: Middle East and Southeastern Europe

Family: Caesalpiniaceae

English name: Judas tree

French name: Arbre de Judée

Italian name: Albero di Giuda

Spanish name: Árbol del amor

Description

This is a bushy, deciduous tree. Many people plant it for its glorious abundance of deep pink flowers, which appear in late April. Bright green fresh foliage follows soon after. In autumn, the leaves turn yellow and the tree produces seedpod clusters, which hang from the branches.