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Sophora japonica 'Pendula'

Other Names

Chinese Scholar Tree , Japanese Pagoda Tree , Weeping Pagoda Tree

Location

208 Drummond Street North, BALLARAT CENTRAL VIC 3350 - Property No T12419

File Number

T12419

Level

Regional

Statement of Significance

What is significant?

This Weeping Pagoda (Sophora japonica 'Pendula') grows in the front garden of a private residence in central Ballarat.

How is it significant?

This Weeping Pagoda is significant for scientific and social reasons at the Regional level.

Why is it significant?

The Weeping Pagoda tree was a once a common planting in Ballarat gardens, but this cultivar is now rare. There is currently only one example in the Significant Tree Register (T12074, Eureka Stockade Reserve, Ballarat). Three others previously in the Register (T11302, T11326, T11327, all in Ballarat) have died and been removed. T11326, which was removed from Ballarat Hospital in 2002, inspired the owners to plant this specimen. This tree is healthy with a well-shaped crown and is a good example of a now uncommon cultivar.

Condition: Good

Tree Type: Individual

Circumference: 0.8m

Height: 4.5m

Canopy spread: 6m

Height method: Instrument

Circumference method: Tape Measure

Date of measurement: 10/09/2019

Age of tree: 32 years (planted 1988)

Group

Parks, Gardens and Trees