#PURPLE RED BUD FULL#

Purplish-pink buds occur along the branches in early May. Redbuds vary in hardiness buy from a local or regional source. The shallow root system will benefit with a 3-4-inch layer of organic mulch. Redbuds grow best in part shade in well-drained soils high in organic matter.

#PURPLE RED BUD FULL#

This forest-edge tree needs sunlight to produce its namesake blossoms, yet it will suffer in full summer heat. It is not a commercial timber species, and although it grows in many forest cover types, it is not listed in all of them by the Society of American Foresters. Redbud is a regular but usually not a common understory component of many forest types throughout the Eastern United States.

It is widely available in ball and burlap as well as container form. These redbud provides a striking pink to reddish purple floral display in April and early May (here, about 35 miles due west of the city of Chicago), before the foliage emerges. It prefers moist, rich, well-drained soil, but is somewhat adaptable to more marginal soils. Redbud grows well in full sun or partial shade. Exterior bark is brown-gray in thin exfoliating strips or thin fissured plates in youth, becoming criss-crossing and raised with age, while the cinnamon-orange interior bark reveals itself with age, for an overall ornamental bark characteristic. It can be single or multi-trunked and low-branching. A fast-grower when young, it starts with an upright vase-shape, becoming spreading and rounded (and often leaning) with age. Redbud is a popular small to medium sized ornamental, growing to about 15 feet tall and as many wide – but it can be twice that size given optimum growing conditions. Peanuts, beans, peas, wisteria and locust trees are among the family. They comprise one of the largest families of flowering plants, numbering some 400 genera and 10,000 species. Hardiness Zone: 4 to 8įabaceae, or legumes, are mostly herbs but include also shrubs and trees found in both temperate and tropical areas. Family: Fabaceae (Leguminosae) / Height: 15-20′ Spread: 18-25′ / Growth Rate: Medium.

Purple red bud