Comments on: Redbud

By: karen

karen — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:36:06 +0000

Mine’s in part shade. I think they just don’t like our hot summers.

By: Pam/Digging

Pam/Digging — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 09:40:41 +0000

That does sound like a lovely combination. Annie in Austin is trying a Forest Pansy redbud in her garden, though I believe it’s in the shade and therefore maybe holds onto its color longer.

By: karen

karen — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:01:28 +0000

I don’t think I know Cercis siliquastrum. We have a local nurseryman who will no longer sell Cercis canadensis. He says they are right at the southern limit of their range and don’t grow well here. He has a point, but I find as long as they get some shade, they are OK. It is when they are grown in the open that they are unhappy. They are understory/forest edge trees and need shade for part of the day.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:37:19 +0000

Cercis are very nice shrubs and trees when they are in bloom in Spring. Here cercis siliquastrum is quite popular. They often bloom together with forsythias.