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Photo: Greg Hume · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Tree
Eastern Redbud
Cercis canadensis
Pink-purple blooms on bare branches in early spring, then heart-shaped leaves.
Recommended uses
- Small yards
- Understory
- Accent
- Plant type
- Flowering tree
- Evergreen / deciduous
- Deciduous
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade
- Shade tolerance
- Moderate
- Water needs
- Medium
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Bloom color
- Pink, Purple
- Mature height
- 20–30 ft
- Mature width
- 20–30 ft
- Maintenance
- Low
- Texas heat tolerance
- High
- Drought tolerance
- Medium