If trees were to have a gender the Pompon tree (Dais cotinifolia) would definitely be part of the fairer sex so pretty and feminine is the tree. It happens to be one of my favourites and this year it is celebrated as the 2022 Tree of the Year. Confectionery terms are used to describe the Pompon tree in flower as having the appearance of a huge bunch of candyfloss; when its small lollipop balls of little blooms in pink, borne in a mass on their stems, show off their prettiness throughout th.