Cercis canadensis 'FOREST PANSY'

Cercis canadensis 'FOREST PANSY'
eastern redbud, love tree

SIZE/TYPE	small tree
USUAL HEIGHT	2-4m
USUAL WIDTH	2-4m
LEAVES	deciduous broadleaf
COLOUR OF LEAVES	+multicoloured:burgundy red and green
FLOWERS	showy
COLOUR OF FLOWERS	pink
BLOOMING TIME	April - May
LOCATION	full sun
SOIL TYPE	any (acidic to alkaline)
SOIL MOISTURE REQUIREMENTS	evenly moist (dislikes drought)
USDA zone (lowest)	5 (down to -29°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Deciduous broadleaf

Eastern redbud is a lovely, deciduous, small tree or a large shrub where the word “love” is the key feature. Why? Because its leaves are in a perfect shape of a heart that we are used to draw as an icon. Moreover, Forest Pansy variety has burgundy red to deep burgundy brown foliage. If placed in a location with reduced sunlight the leaves will turn dark green.

This plant is very impressive in the spring, too. It bears profusion of bright, purple-pink flowers on bare, purple-black wood. The stalks are miniature. Some tropical plants have the same type of flowering but redbud is not related to either of those.

If you grow it for leaves the largest size possible can be obtained by pollarding / cutting back every spring. Cut off last year’s growth by ¾ beginning of spring, after frosts. This will encourage long, new shoots with large leaves. Extra fertilizing is advisable in this case. The plant itself should be at least 5-years old, well established. Such plants will not flower. If grown on stems you can keep the crown compact by trimming it in the spring, either before flowering or immediately after.

Do not cut into old wood – badly treated cuts may be infected and the plant may die. Eastern redbud is soil tolerant but does best in moist but well-drained soil. It resents transplanting. Grow it in full sun, sheltered from drying winds, if possible. Fully hardy to min. -27°C (USDA zone 5b).

Last update 15-01-2009.

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STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.

DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.

EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.

STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.

HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.

SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.

HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.

FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.

GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.