Plant: Lavender Twist - Redbud Tree
Redbud Tree · Cercis canadensis 'Covey'
Size: 2" caliper
Light
Bloom
Mature size
More about this plant
A true weeping redbud reaching only 5 to 6 feet tall and 6 to 8 feet wide, with slightly contorted, cascading branches that are completely covered in rosy lavender-pink flowers in early spring before the heart-shaped green leaves appear. Growth is moderate. It wants full sun, with light shade welcome in hotter regions, and moist, well drained sandy loam, watered when the top three inches of soil dry. Use it as a focal point specimen in a shrub border, beside an entryway or on a patio, and train it when young to develop the umbrella-like canopy. It attracts butterflies and pollinators and benefits birds.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 6 ft tall and 8 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Deciduous foliage
- Native plant
Plant description
A true weeping redbud reaching only 5 to 6 feet tall and 6 to 8 feet wide, with slightly contorted, cascading branches that are completely covered in rosy lavender-pink flowers in early spring before the heart-shaped green leaves appear. Growth is moderate. It wants full sun, with light shade welcome in hotter regions, and moist, well drained sandy loam, watered when the top three inches of soil dry. Use it as a focal point specimen in a shrub border, beside an entryway or on a patio, and train it when young to develop the umbrella-like canopy. It attracts butterflies and pollinators and benefits birds.
- Foliage
- Heart-shaped leaves held on weeping, slightly contorted branches.
- Fruit
- A flat, oblong seedpod (legume), green turning brown, with about 9 seeds per pod.
- Bark & stems
- Smooth when young, then develops long narrow plates that break into scales with age; orange inner bark can show.
- Light
- Dappled/Filtered Light
- Pruning
- Train the young plant to a stake to set the height of the umbrella-like canopy; after that it needs little pruning beyond removing crossing branches.
- Native range
- Eastern and central North America, from North Carolina to eastern Mexico (species)
