On the Perigordean 'causses', the limestone slopes and hilltops coverend with stunted Pubescent Oak trees,, you can see now flashes of fluorescent pink. The Judas Tree (Cercis siliquastrum) is a medeiterranean bush or small tree that seems to thrive here. It comes from gardens and it does very well in nature without becoming invasive.
It is a leguminose species that flowers abundantly with little butterfly-loke flowers that grow on older branches and the treetrunk.
The new sprouts only have leaves. But how pretty they are!
A solitary fluorescent pink bud on a thick branch looks like an extraterrestrian.
In summer, the Judas Trees makes luminous red pods.
And its autumn colours are not bad at all.
So, we can be happy it wants to live here.