Mar 14, 2017
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.
Jill Raggett