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Bright flower clusters smother
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| Eastern Redbuds will capture your fancy in spring when their winter-bare branches explode with tiny, bright blooms that are soon followed by glossy green, heart-shaped foliage. |
| Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis) is a springtime favorite because of its cheerful show of bright rosy-pink blooms. Reddish purple buds form before the leaves, and bloom on bare branches and twigs. Branches ascend in youth, then become horizontally spreading, giving mature trees a somewhat flat-topped look. Trees mature at a height of about 25 feet and spread of about 30 feet. |
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Oklahoma Redbud (Cercis canadensis ‘Oklahoma’) has dark wine red flowers and thick, glossy green foliage. It is the most heat resistant of the redbud cultivars and has red tipped new growth.
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| White Redbud (Cercis canadensis ‘Alba’) is similar to the species, but has very profuse white flowers instead of pink. Foliage is light yellow-green, turning to yellow in the fall. |
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Appalachian Red Redbud (Cercis canadensis ‘Appalachian Red’) blooms are such a deep purple that they appear to be red, especially when first emerging from the bud. Very floriferous, it blooms later than most cultivars, its neon-bright flowers emerging along the bare branches well before the glossy, heart-shaped green leaves appear.
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