Eastern Redbud Tree | Pink Spring Blooming Native Tree

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Eastern Redbud

Cercis canadensis

Classic Spring Pink Blooms • Native Understory Tree • Graceful Spreading Form

$149.00

Container sizeSize guide 15 Gallon 24" Box 36" Box

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Description

The native Eastern Redbud is a classic sign of spring, covering its bare branches with a haze of delicate pink flowers before the heart-shaped leaves appear. It’s a tough, adaptable small tree that brings soft, natural beauty to woodland edges and gardens. While it prefers some summer water, it’s a charming choice for Bay Area gardens with moderate conditions.

A prolific early spring bloomer, covering gray branches with clusters of bright pink, pea-like flowers that attract pollinators.
Features classic, soft green, heart-shaped leaves that cast a light shade and turn a gentle yellow in fall.
Forms a graceful, often multi-trunked, spreading canopy that is wider than it is tall, creating a beautiful, informal silhouette.
As a native understory tree, it appreciates some afternoon shade in hot areas but is adaptable to full sun with sufficient moisture.
Provides ecological value, supporting native bees and other pollinators early in the season.

Quick Facts

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Mature height: 15-25 ft.
Mature spread: 20-30 ft.
Light: Full sun to partial shade

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Features:Foliage: Broad, heart-shaped, soft-textured leaves with a long petiole. The foliage emerges with a reddish tint after flowering, matures to blue-green to light green in summer, and turns yellow in fall.Flowers: Small, pea-like, bright pink to magenta flowers densely cover the bare branches in early spring, before the leaves emerge.Fruit: Produces flattened, brown seed pods that persist into winter.Habit: A deciduous small tree or large shrub with a low-branching, broadly spreading, and often flat-topped or rounded crown.
Growth Rate: Moderate
Key Advantages:Spectacular early spring floral display.Attracts early-season pollinators.Drought tolerant once established.Fire-resistant for defensible space landscaping.Adaptable to a range of soil conditions
Landscape Uses:Specimen flowering tree.Understory tree in woodland gardens.Group planting for mass spring color.Naturalized areas

Faqs

Q: Is it drought tolerant?A:It has moderate drought tolerance once established but performs best and looks healthiest with occasional deep summer watering in the Bay Area's dry season, mimicking its native woodland edge habitat.

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San Francisco Bay Area is our primary local delivery market. Victory Nursery also serves additional California markets and selected extended delivery areas by arrangement.

Regular local delivery: San Francisco, Peninsula, South Bay, East Bay, Marin, Tracy / Mountain House and surrounding service areas.

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