Pink Pom Poms is a rarity among Cercis varieties in that it features true double flowers. The extra petals compared with the more usual single flowers gives a more intense concentration of pink-purple colour.
While the blossom is stunning, the large heart-shaped leaves which emerge after the blossom are also a feature. They start out a light copper colour, becoming glossy green over the summer, before turning yellow in the autumn.
A further benefit of Pink Pom Poms is that the double flowers are sterile, so there are no seed pods.
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Pink Pom Poms was developed by Dennis Werner at North Carolina State University. Its parentage is a double-flowered variety called Flame and the large vigorous Oklahoma.