With today's urban landscape shrinking in size, you would be hard pressed to find a more suitable tree. The redbud works well in sun or dappled shade as an understory tree.

A. Redbud (Cercis canadensis) is a native tree characterized by purple flowers in early spring. The flowers appear even before the foliage appears, and the flowers often appear on the branches and ...

Redbud is usually grown as a multi-trunk tree and has a rounded crown. It provides yellow fall color with the first frost, and is deciduous, so it drops all of its heart-shaped leaves in one season.

Eastern redbud works great in the home landscape due to its medium size. It grows 20-30 feet tall and 25-35 feet wide. Eastern redbud is hardy in USDA Zones 4-9.

How to Grow an Eastern Redbud Tree Common name: Eastern redbud, American redbud Scientific name: Cercis canadensis Hardiness zones: 4 to 9a Light needs: Full sun to part shade Water needs: Moist ...

No matter what names are given the redbud, they just don’t do justice to this pretty, lavender-purple tree that makes us celebrate spring with every sighting. Mary Reid Barrow, [email protected] ...

Another of the early bloomers, redbud, has started to bloom along with the Texas mountain laurel. It is less clear, however, how the pink-flowered tree will respond to the freeze experiences.

According to Clemson publication HGIC 1021, the Eastern redbud is an outstanding ornamental tree in South Carolina. It matures at 20 to 30 feet in height and 15 to 35 feet in width.

Q: My 20-something-old redbud tree has developed lichens on the trunk, which is a first. Do I have a problem and is there anything I should do? I have another one in the yard which doesn’t have ...