{"id":1104,"date":"2011-04-11T12:00:58","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2011-04-08T11:47:19","modified_gmt":"2011-04-08T15:47:19","slug":"a-perfect-small-garden-tree%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98ace-of-hearts%e2%80%99-redbud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2011\/04\/11\/a-perfect-small-garden-tree%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98ace-of-hearts%e2%80%99-redbud\/","title":{"rendered":"A Perfect Small Garden Tree\u2013 \u2018Ace of Hearts\u2019 Redbud"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1107\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC_0773.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1107\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1107 \" title=\"DSC_0773\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC_0773-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC_0773-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC_0773-1024x687.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#39;Ace of Hearts&#39; redbud<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1112\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Cercis-canadensis-Ace-of-Hearts-3.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1112\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1112 \" title=\"Cercis canadensis 'Ace of Hearts' (3)\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Cercis-canadensis-Ace-of-Hearts-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Cercis-canadensis-Ace-of-Hearts-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Cercis-canadensis-Ace-of-Hearts-3-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#39;Ace of Hearts&#39; summer foliage<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ace of Hearts redbud (<em>Cercis canadensis<\/em> \u2018Ace of Hearts\u2019) is an arboreal treasure, a compact form of our native redbud. Heavy clusters of light purple pea-like flowers cover twigs and branches from late March into early April, depending on your locality. Ace of Hearts grows 12 by 15 feet in height and spread, roughly one-third smaller than standard seedling redbuds. It makes an ideal fit in small and suburban gardens.<\/p>\n<p>Its small semi-glossy heart-shaped leaves are less than half the size of other redbuds. Leaves are spaced close together, each one overlapping another like shingles on a roof. Its dark green summer foliage turns yellow in autumn before falling. Few, if any, unsightly seed pods are produced.<\/p>\n<p>The overall tree holds its dense dome- shaped canopy over several years. Established (2 years planted) trees are exceptionally heat and drought tolerant. Ace of Hearts is susceptible to very few serious disease and insect problems.<\/p>\n<p>Grow this redbud in any well-drained garden soil in full or partial sun, providing a minimum of 6 hours of sunlight to insure good flowering. This compact grower requires very little annual pruning, which is best performed after flowering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ace of Hearts redbud (Cercis canadensis \u2018Ace of Hearts\u2019) is an arboreal treasure, a compact form of our native redbud. Heavy clusters of light purple pea-like flowers cover twigs and branches from late March into early April, depending on your locality. Ace of Hearts grows 12 by 15 feet in height and spread, roughly one-third [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[601,703,630,705,646,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1104"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1113,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104\/revisions\/1113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}