Yes Sir Ji.. from far off the plant looks vibrant pink in color during flowering season. One the most vibrant trees.
Tanay On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Cercis siliquastrum from Kashmir, one of the very beautiful flowers with > cauliflory, the flowers appearing in a line from the old woody branches. A > well trained tree and a good gardener can give it an excellent shape. There > used to be one tree in a Bank on Residency Road. Now many trees are planted > in Gardens. This one from newly developed Hazuribagh Garden, photographed on > June 16, 2010. The flowering period had perhaps ended, and the plants > showed only fruits. > > Common name: Judas tree. There is a longstanding myth that Judas > Iscariot<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Iscariot> hanged > himself from a tree of this species. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> > > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile)
