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Cercis Forest Pansy

Possibly the most beautiful small specimen tree in the Moosey garden is a Cercis Forest Pansy. It has wine-red heart shaped leaves which colour spectacularly at the first hint of autumn.

Looking beautiful in the autumn border.
The Cercis Forest Pansy Tree

Red Foliage

The Cercis tree is one of the red foliage features of the Dog-Path garden (together with a Cotinus and a Copper Beech tree). It is much loved and often mentioned in my gardening journals. I've enthusiastically recommended it to friends - without success. I wonder if my pronunciation gives it a bad name - a 'Circus tree' sounding frivolous and far too gaudy for genteel town gardeners. Hmm...

This leaf is till on the tree - but they're early to fall.
Autumn Cercis Leaf Close-Up

These photographs were naturally taken in autumn (April for us) when leaf colours change quickly and spectacularly. Check out the warm autumn sunshine!

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