Cercis canadensis

Eastern Redbud

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Family: Fabaceae

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: March - May
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe: June - November

The Eastern Redbud is a showy early bloomer that grows well in shade. In addition to its usual purple-pink flowers produced on stems, it can also produce flowers directly on mature trunks and branches, a habit termed "cauliflory".




20 June 2014
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA
24 April 2015
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA
24 April 2015
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA
24 April 2015
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA
28 March 2016
Centreville, VA
(showing cauliflory flowers on branch)
28 March 2016
Centreville, VA
(showing cauliflory flowers)
20 June 2014
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA
(ripening seed pods)
 




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