BOTANICAL NAME  Cercis canadensis

PRONUNCIATION  SIR - sis kan - a - DEN - sis

COMMON NAME  Eastern Redbud  Judas tree

FAMILY  F ABACEAE

CLASSIFICATION  Small Tree

ARRANGEMENT  Alternate

COMPOSITION  Simple

MARGIN  Entire

VEINS  Palmate

LEAF  L - 3” to 4”  W - 3” to 4”

PLANT  Deciduous  H- 20’ to 30’  W - 12’ to 25’  Upright

TEXTURE  Medium

FLOWER  Spring  Red or white  Edible

FRUIT  Fall  Legume pod

EXPOSURE  Sun  Part shade  Shade

GROWTH  Slow

USE  Specimen

DESCRIPTION  Plant will be open in the shade, thick in the sun.  Leaf heart shaped  Flower all along the stem  Stems zigzag

Cultivars  Forest Pansy - Rose purple flowers  Flame - Double rose pink  Alba - White flowers  Silver Cloud - Purple pink flowers

CULTURAL PRACTICES  Propagate by rootings or graftings

PROBLEMS  None

ZONES  4 to 10

NATIVE OF:  New Jersey to Florida

REFERENCES  Manual of Woody Landscape Plants  Landscape Plants; Their Identification, Culture, and Use