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Cercis canadensis (Eastern Redbud)
Cercis canadensis (Eastern Redbud)
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Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
Height, Spread: 20-30 ft, 20-35 ft
Water/Soil: Moist-occasionally dry, well-drained, most soil types
Light: Full sun-part shade
Bloom: Spring, pink flowers in a cluster
Native Range: Eastern North America
Qualities: Attractive to pollinators, Wildlife resource
Notes: Deciduous ornamental tree commonly found in mesic mixed forests in the Mountains and the Piedmont of NC. Attractive to pollinators, it is a larval host plant for 12 species of Lepidoptera (moths & butterflies), including Henry's Elfin butterfly (Callophrys henrici). It also supports specialized native bee, Habropoda laboriosa. Birds and small mammals eat the seeds. It is best used in a woodland area as an understory tree or a pollinator garden as a statement piece.
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We deliver to the following NC counties: Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Guilford, Orange, and Wake
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