2. BOTANICAL NAME  Cercis canadensis

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

4. COMMON NAME  Eastern Redbud  Judas tree

6. FAMILY  F ABACEAE

7. CLASSIFICATION  Small Tree

8. ARRANGEMENT  Alternate

9. COMPOSITION  Simple

10. MARGIN  Entire

11. VEINS  Palmate

12. LEAF  L - 3” to 4”  W - 3” to 4”

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

15. TEXTURE  Medium

16. FLOWER  Spring  Red or white  Edible

18. FRUIT  Fall  Legume pod

21. EXPOSURE  Sun  Part shade  Shade

22. GROWTH  Slow

23. USE  Specimen

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

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

29. CULTURAL PRACTICES  Propagate by rootings or graftings

30. PROBLEMS  None

31. ZONES  4 to 10

32. NATIVE OF:  New Jersey to Florida

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