Ok so we gave in to martin to put this on the website as it is one of his all time favourite small trees as it has amazing summer purple foliage gorgeous pink flowers that appear before any leaves and yet is slow growing and easy to manage r cercis are slow to get going in spring awaking from winter slumber with small pink flower borne directly on the main stems and branches of the tree before any leaves emerge suddenly as it warms up in april the tree is covered in the most gorgeous