Heart-shaped foliage is green with pointed tips. Leaves up to 5" (12.7 cm) long. Plant Size 15-25' tall x 15-25' wide (4.6-7.6 x 4.6-7.6 m) Range cultivated See more items in Smithsonian Gardens Tree ...

This understory tree is a selection of the redbud species which was found growing along a road in Maryland. It was selected for its vivid flowers which are so bright as to nearly seem red. Hardiness ...

Flower color is bright, wine red except the Texas White Redbud, which has white flowers. Oklahoma redbud, Cercis canadensis var. texensis "Oklahoma", is a botanic variety out of the Texas redbud.

North Carolina State graduate, Jon Roethling discovered the 'Hearts of Gold' cultivar.

The redbud’s Latin name, Cercis, is equally pedestrian: it is taken from the Greek kerkis, which means “a weaver’s shuttle” and refers to the shape of the tree’s seed pods.

Doesn’t that name just roll off the tongue? How the name of the noble redbud originated is apparently lost to history. Now take the botanical name for redbud. It’s Cercis canadensis.

Forest Pansy, a cultivar of the Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis), is my favorite. This month, its bare branches are covered with tightly packed clusters of rose-purple flowers.

Most Redbud trees produce pink flowers, but Cercis Canadensis alba, an Eastern Whi/tebud tree, displays white flowers. Royal White Redbud, with large, showy white flowers, is a more compact ...

The harbinger of spring in much of the country is the native eastern redbud known botanically as Cercis canadensis. That being said — hallelujah — they are blooming now in the South, which ...

Although winter officially ended March 21, in the world of trees, flowering redbuds (Cercis canadensis) unofficially mark the beginning of spring, according to Kunso Kim, head of collections and cu… ...