Cercis canadensis Seeds | Bonsai Garden Forest Pansy
LATIN NAME: Cercis canadensis
COMMON NAME: Eastern Redbud
Plant Profile
Cercis canadensis, better known as Eastern Redbud, is a deciduous, spreading tree in the bean family. LATIN NAME: Cercis canadensis COMMON NAME: Eastern Redbud redbud breaks into clouds of small, rosy flowers along bare branches, and heart-shaped leaves follow. Bees find the flowers quickly, and that pollinator traffic is a garden benefit in its own right. It is the sort of plant that quietly justifies the space it occupies.
Science & Biotechnology
Botanists studying the bean family regularly include Cercis canadensis in comparative work, and the species also appears in horticultural trials aimed at gardeners and growers. It retains a following among breeders and collectors, which keeps seed stocks in circulation.
Uses & Benefits
Eastern Redbud works well in borders, containers and dedicated beds. Redbud is a fine, bright tree of woodland edge and early garden. It is a fine, bright tree of open, sunny to lightly shaded, deep, well-drained garden. Give young tree light shade and deep soil, and rosy clouds will come in years to come. It establishes readily and then requires nothing out of the ordinary.
Redbud flowers and young pods are edible with a pleasant sour bite, rich in vitamin C, and Native American traditions used bark teas for colds.
Growing from Seed
Sow fresh seed of Eastern Redbud under ordinary good conditions. Fill a pot with a light seed compost, sow evenly on the surface, cover thinly and stand it somewhere warm, bright and evenly moist. When the young plants are big enough to handle, space them into pots or a nursery row and let them size up before their final move.
Our Take
Among the Cercis group, it is one of the more distinctive species in cultivation. Plant it in sun with drainage to its liking and the rest is easy.
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