#pendulous tree

Plant of the Day

Tuesday 14 March 2017

An old specimen of Styphnolobium japonicum 'Pendula' (pagoda tree, weeping Chinese scholar tree, syn. Sophora japonica) makes a large shrub with a characterful trunk and would look great with its pendulous branches cascading from a higher terrace over a wall. The new branches have a green bark and deciduous pinnate leaves. In summer there are scented creamy-white, pea-shaped flowers.

We saw this specimen while on study tour in Budapest, Hungary, with students and staff from the Masters courses in Landscape Architecture and Garden Design, as we were fortunate to have a great plant tour with Krisztina Szabó of Szent István University campus.

Plant of the Day

Wednesday 14 September 2016

Pyrus salicifolia 'Pendula' (pendulous willow-leaved pear, weeping silver pear) is an elegant small deciduous tree with slender weeping branches covered in narrow greyish leaves. In the spring there are creamy-white flowers followed by small, brownish fruits. This tree will grow in any fertile soil in full sun and here is accompanied by the herbaceous perennial Kniphofia 'Bees Lemon' (red hot poker).

Plant of the Day

Wednesday 10 February 2016

The unusual habit of Sequoiadendron giganteum 'Pendula' (weeping giant redwood) produces pendulous side branches with a vigorous upright leader. This form is much smaller and slower growing than the usual species, so it may suit the smaller garden owner with a taste for something different. These plants always seem to remind me of long necked dinosaurs!