{"id":5191,"date":"2015-03-21T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2015-03-21T16:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=5191"},"modified":"2015-01-21T13:23:07","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T18:23:07","slug":"new-redbuds-with-striking-foliage-abound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2015\/03\/21\/new-redbuds-with-striking-foliage-abound\/","title":{"rendered":"New Redbuds With Striking Foliage Abound"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Ruby Falls’ redbud<\/p><\/div>\n

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New ‘Rising Sun’ redbud<\/p><\/div>\n

Over the past decade Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis<\/em>) has undergone a real facelift. This native spring flowering tree can no longer be solely identified by its green heart-shaped leaves. New foliage color choices will decidedly catch your eye and win you over. With some reservations most redbud cultivars fall within USDA hardiness zones 5-9.<\/p>\n

Purple-leaf \u2018Forest Pansy\u2019 redbud, released over 70 years ago, continues to be very popular. Today, two gold-colored foliage cultivars, \u2018Rising Sun\u2019 and \u2018Hearts of Gold\u2019, are catching on with landscapers. The dark yellow tint holds all spring and summer long. Brand new Solar Eclipse\u2122 flaunts striking peach-orange foliage.<\/p>\n

In the white variegated leaf category is new Alley Cat\u2122, selected by Allen Bush of Jelitto Seed. The variegated foliage does not burn or fade like old-timey cultivar \u2018Silver Cloud\u2019. Floating Clouds\u2122, a new Don Shadow introduction, boasts green foliage generously splashed in white; it does not scorch in the summer sun.<\/p>\n

Gardeners with limited space may opt for low weeping redbud forms. Old-timers like \u2018Covey\u2019 (Lavender Twist\u00ae) and \u2018Traveller\u2019 continue to be popular green leaf weepers. New weepers include Ruby Falls\u2122 and Whitewater\u2122. Ruby Falls is essentially a weeping ‘Forest Pansy’ with striking white and green variegated spring foliage. Whitewater is a tree weeper with green leaves sprinkled with white flecks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Over the past decade Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) has undergone a real facelift. This native spring flowering tree can no longer be solely identified by its green heart-shaped leaves. New foliage color choices will decidedly catch your eye and win you over. With some reservations most redbud cultivars fall within USDA hardiness zones 5-9. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,440,674,806,774,627,703,630,7,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5191"}],"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=5191"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12075,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5191\/revisions\/12075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}