CERCIS CANADENSIS AVONDALE ADVANCED BR

Foliage: Heavily textured dark green, heart-shaped (cordate) leaves turn yellow-green to brown
in autumn.
Flowers: Abundant clusters of deep rose-purple 'pea' type flowers borne along the bare
branches before the leaves emerge in spring
Fruit: Can fruit prolifically with seed pods 75-120 mm long turning reddish to brown, and
tending to be held on the tree into winter
Culture: Prefers a moist, deep, well-drained fertile soil. Best flowering in full sun, but avoid
hot, exposed and mindy sites. Overseas reports indicate a susceptibility to canker.
May require some maintenance pruning to remove lower branches and crowded inner
branches. Tolerates a wide range of sites including acid or alkaline soils but resents dry
or very wet sites.
Size: 3 x 2 metres