Perfect Plants 5 gal. Eastern Redbud Tree

The Eastern Redbud Tree aka the Judas tree offers one of early-season spring's most dramatic displays! The flowering tree produces stunning, rose-purple flowers that bloom profusely in the early spring before its heart-shaped leaves emerge. The Eastern Redbuds foliage grows blue-green and turns dark green in summer and yellow color during the fall season. The rosy pink flowers remain on the tree until the reddish-purple leaves turn for their fall color display. You will never see bare branches on this gorgeous privacy tree. The redbud flowers will eventually turn into seed pods that may lay dormant on the forest floor until germinating and turning into a new redbud Cercis tree. Some redbuds have white flowers but this Eastern Redbud tree puts out bright purple-pink flowers for all to see! Similar to its relative the Forest Pansy Redbud, they grow in most of North America and are native to the states of Oklahoma and Texas. They loved it so much they named it the state tree of Oklahoma. Alternatively, the bark of this tree was used by Native Americans to treat whooping cough. They boiled the bark to make tea. Interesting!Eastern Redbud Tree does not ship to AK, AZ, CA or HI

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