Pacific Northwest Gardening: Laurie's Garden Tour, 1 by Laurie1

Laurie1 wrote:
And this is looking back across the lawn towards the path we just came up.

the tree on the left is a judas tree - Cercis siliquastrum, and on the right is a Japanese maple. Across the lawn is a magnolia (you can kind of make it out through the sillouette of the Cercis branches). All three were planted probably in the 1950's. I had never seen a Cercis of this size before this one. I honestly thought they were shrubs. Sadly, we lost one trunk last year - just age related collapse, but the rest seems to be doing fine. In the spring it looks amazing, as if it is buzzing with purpley moths. All three were when we moved in, and I am ever so grateful to the long sightedness of a previous owner. Good people.

In the summer this is a great place to sit in the rain - the Cercis works like a wonderful green umbrella, surprisingly watertight.