Last April I took a photo of this Bauhinia variegata in Irapetra on the south coast of Crete.
It is a street tree and has no irrigation at all.
Two gardens close by have taken cuttings from it and have young trees in their gardens.
The street tree had no foliage at all and the blooms were smaller than those in the neighbouring gardens. However it was full of blossom.
Last weekend I went to look at it only to find that it had been hacked!!
It looked as though this is a regular thing, every few years.
Daisy
Street tree last April.
One of the young trees in a neighbouring garden.
Street tree last weekend.