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Plant: Royal White - Redbud Tree
Redbud Tree · Cercis canadensis f. alba 'Royal White'
Size: 7 gal
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More about this plant
The white flowered redbud, a more compact and tidier tree than the ordinary white form, growing about 15 to 25 feet tall and wide. Profuse clusters of larger than usual pure white sweetpea-like flowers open along the bare branchlets in early spring, followed by clean heart-shaped green leaves that form a neat summer canopy and turn yellow in fall. It prefers full sun to partial shade and a well drained soil, adapting to loam or clay with moderate water. Use it as a specimen, an understory tree at a woodland edge or a flowering accent where the white bloom reads against dark evergreens.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 25 ft tall and 25 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Deciduous foliage
- Native plant
Plant description
The white flowered redbud, a more compact and tidier tree than the ordinary white form, growing about 15 to 25 feet tall and wide. Profuse clusters of larger than usual pure white sweetpea-like flowers open along the bare branchlets in early spring, followed by clean heart-shaped green leaves that form a neat summer canopy and turn yellow in fall. It prefers full sun to partial shade and a well drained soil, adapting to loam or clay with moderate water. Use it as a specimen, an understory tree at a woodland edge or a flowering accent where the white bloom reads against dark evergreens.
- Flowers
- Pure white flowers, to 1/2 inch wide, in clusters of 4 to 10. More compact, earlier and more floriferous than f. alba, with larger flowers.
- Foliage
- Alternate, simple, cordate to broadly ovate leaves 3 to 5 inches across, dull green to blue-green with a papery texture and a short-pointed tip; pale yellow fall color.
- Fruit
- Flattened, bean-like dry seedpods to 2 to 4 inches long that mature to brown in summer, 6 to 12 seeds per pod; pods may remain into winter.
- Pruning
- Prune out dead branches and keep the tree vigorous with regular watering and fertilization.
- Native range
- Eastern and central North America
