Nature creates the most interesting architecture...growing in our garden for 30 years

caesalpinnea ferrea
Leopard Tree a deciduous native of Brazil
Bright yellow flowers held on the ends of stems, bark is a dappled grey through brown, giving the tree the appearance of a leopard, hence the name. Develops relatively large shiny seed pods

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