General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 20 to 30 feet
Plant Spread: 25 to 35 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Fruit: Other: 2 to 4 inch long dry, flattened bean-like pods.
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Suitable Locations: Street Tree
Uses: Flowering Tree
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Pollinators: Bees

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Common names
  • Eastern Redbud
  • White-flowering Redbud
  • Canadian Redbud
Also sold as:
  • Cercis canadensis f. alba

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Photo by Linda Hartong

Date: 2012-04-12

Date: 2011-12-05

Date: 2011-05-05
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2022-04-20
maturing tree in bloom
Location: Cantigny Gardens in Wheaton, Illinois
Date: 2007-11-19
flowers in bloom in April 1985
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2022-05-16
Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. canadensis 'Alba').
Location: Cantigny Gardens in Wheaton, Illinois
Date: 2007-11-19
trees in bloom in April 1985
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2022-04-20
flowers and sky
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2022-04-20
mass of white flowers on tree
Comments:
  • Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Oct 8, 2019 11:41 AM concerning plant:
    Some large, diverse, conventional nurseries sell some of this "Whitebud." I see it infrequently in some scattered locations in landscapes. Most people want the regular Redbud. Plants sold in nurseries are the cultivar of 'Alba' in that they are propagated asexually. A few Whitebuds do very infrequently show up in the wild, and if they cross with another Whitebud, they can come true to seed and be a natural variety, as C. canadensis alba. However, If they cross with the regular Redbud, which is much more common, the seedlings will bear the typical purple-pink flowers.

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