The dual-color tree is thought to have been planted in the late 1950s.
Its name, Strawberries and Cream Tree, was given by the towns children.
The Strawberries and Cream Tree in Backwell, North Somerset, England.
The wild cherry produces the white blossom, while the ‘Kanzan’ produces the pink blossom.
The resulting tree bears the typical yellow flowers of a Laburnum and purple flowers of a broom.
Laburnocytisus ‘Adamii’, also known as Adam’s laburnum or broom laburnum.
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Chimerism or chimera is an unusual phenomenon.
In plants, chimeras is often due to mutation during ordinary cell division.
But sometimes a chimera can result from grafting.
Probably the worlds first graft chimera was the Bizzaria, a graft between the Florentine citron and sour orange.
He called them graft-hybrids.
Chimera is still a rare phenomenon, although many have been created through grafting.
Today there are chimeras of roses and apples and pears.
