Botanical Name: Cercis occidentalis
Common Name: Western Redbud
Type of Plant: dicot: tree/shrub
Character deciduous
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape a picturesque multi-trunked plant, with many slender ascending whitish-gray branches forming a vase-shaped or rounded canopy; younger plants are shrublike; older plants more erect and treelike
Height 10-20' (25')
Spread 2/3 to equal
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full or partial sun
Soil tolerates most except wet poorly drained clay
Hardiness hardy (zones 2-24); thrives in warm areas
 
Morphology:
Leaves palmate, alternate, round-cordate, bright green, 2-3" diameter, on 3-6" petioles (similar to Cercis siliquastrum, but smaller)
Flowers brilliant pink, sweet-pea shaped; 1/2" diameter, in small axillary clusters along most of the branches; February-April
Fruit a pod, 3-4" long, brown, flat; not compressed between seeds
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
excellent small accent tree prized for interesting form, heavy flower display and round foliage; leaves turn yellow in fall; suitable for patio tree, slopes
 
Landscape Care:
Watering an occasional soak (regular until established); becomes very drought-tolerant with age
Fertilizing little is needed
Pruning little required; can thin out and head high when young
Pests/Diseases relatively free; is resistant to oak root fungus
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: California and Arizona
Family: Fabaceae

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