Cercis Canadensis Bonsai
The wood is purple with dark venation.
Cercis canadensis bonsai. I tried digging up several seedlings from my parents yard in missouri and brought them home but they always died out here in colorado. They provide amazing pink blooms and beautiful fall foliage. In early spring the distinctive and profuse flowers of eastern redbud cercis canadensis a small tree native to eastern and central north america defy color description. Grows 25 x 25 sun pt shade zone 5.
Other than that the only thing i can do is keep pinching buds while they are small and hope that it buds where i want it. 1 eastern redbud tree cercis canadensis 2 to 3 feet tall eastern redbud tree live plant quart pot bonsai tree chinese wisteria tree seeds 10 pack highly prized flowering bonsai wisteria sinensis 10 seeds to grow. Bare branches in winter are dark purple and grow in a lacy zig zag pattern. Cercis canadensis redbud bonsai.
Cercis canadensis the eastern redbud also called judas tree is a deciduous shrub or small tree fast growing and drought hardy. An attractive bonsai subject this magnificent tree is famous for its lavender bells during summer and the carpet of fallen flowers around it. That s a photographie off my cercis celastrum 25 years old in spring it was the first time in flowers after 15 years of culture in the ground and potted five years. Eastern rud bud cercis canadensis 8 years 9 months ago 900 i can t do anything to this tree until spring.
The pea sized blossoms of the eastern redbud emerge in early spring before the leaves arrive covering the bare branches in garlands of pink. I don t recommend this species to grow bonsai it is very difficult thing to give a shape when you cut the branches in spring they die and this winter roots where frozen. Cercis canadensis forest pansy forest pansy is a very pretty tree with mauve purple flowers on bare branches in spring purple heart shape leaves turn red orange gold in autumn. Photo courtesy of the denver botanic garden.
This tree is not picky when it comes to soil preference but it does best when grown in a moist well drained location. I always wanted to try a redbud tree as a bonsai tree.