{"id":12233,"date":"2020-03-16T12:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T16:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=12233"},"modified":"2019-12-04T19:05:15","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T00:05:15","slug":"%ef%bb%bfsummer-foliage-of-redbuds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2020\/03\/16\/%ef%bb%bfsummer-foliage-of-redbuds\/","title":{"rendered":"Redbuds With Awesome \ufeffSummer Foliage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Rising Sun\u2122 <\/strong>redbud at The University of Tennessee Gardens in Knoxville<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Native redbuds Cercis\ncanadensis<\/em>) is native to eastern and central\nNorth America (USDA hardiness zones 4-8). This small tree is a highly\ndependable small flowering tree. Redbud is typically a relatively short-lived\ntree, perhaps 20-30 years at best. Depending on variety, their lavender \/ pink\/\nwhite pea-like flowers emerge in early spring, usually a week or two before our\nnative dogwoods (Cornus florida<\/em>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Carolina Sweetheart\u2122 <\/strong>Redbud
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Fifty years ago, most U.S. gardeners were unwilling\nto buy redbuds. Over the past 25 years numerous varieties\nflaunting colorful foliage continue to arrive at local garden centers, the\ngreen heart-shaped redbud foliage is not valued for their foliage tree. The\nintroduction of \u2018Forest Pansy\u2019 redbud in 1950 changed the way we utilized this\nwonderful native tree in the landscape. What followed has been \u201cA Redbud Revolution\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listed in the colorful foliage\ncategory are nine modern day redbud varieties. At the end I have included two\ncultivars with unusual thick glossy leaves: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Alley Kat\u2019<\/strong> \u2013 green &\nwhite splotched foliage<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carolina\nSweetheart\u2122<\/strong> (\u2018NCCC1\u2019) – spring foliage emerges\nrich maroon, and slowly changes to shades of white, green, hot pink; ending\ngreen with faded white margins in late summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flame Thrower\u2122<\/strong> – new leaves start out burgundy-red, turn bright yellow\nand green as foliage ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Hearts of Gold\u2019<\/strong> –  spring\u2019s golden yellow leaves turn to chartreuses in summer. Leaves may sunburn (scorch) during hot dry summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Merlot\u2122<\/strong> – fade-resistant dark\nburgundy foliage <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Pink\nPom Poms\u2019<\/strong> (PPAF) – thick, glossy green\nfoliage and dark pink-purple, double pom pom-like flowers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruby Falls\u00ae<\/strong> – weeping form\nwith purplish red foliage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Rising Sun\u2122<\/strong> – apricot\/gold foliage that rarely burns in the summer heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Whitewater\u2019 \u0336<\/strong>  weeping form with leaves that emerge mainly white with minimal flecks of green; foliage matures mostly green with flecks of white.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thick High Gloss Green Foliage<\/strong> (C. canadensis<\/em> var. texensis<\/em>)
\u00a0 \u2018Texas White\u2019<\/strong> (white flowers)
\u00a0 \u2018Oklahoma\u2019<\/strong> (lavender-pink flowers) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Oklahoma\u2019<\/strong> (lavender-pink flowers)A<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Native redbuds Cercis canadensis) is native to eastern and central North America (USDA hardiness zones 4-8). This small tree is a highly dependable small flowering tree. Redbud is typically a relatively short-lived tree, perhaps 20-30 years at best. Depending on variety, their lavender \/ pink\/ white pea-like flowers emerge in early spring, usually a week […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,1218,1387,1319,1393,1498,778,674,645,806,665,853,551,1476,627,843,951,601,729,703,1321,777,630,705,646,7,1,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12233"}],"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=12233"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12249,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12233\/revisions\/12249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}