Common name: Redbud
Scientific name: Cercis canadensis
Category: Native Tree - Deciduous, Extirpated
Sample mature size: 9 m tall, 10 m wide; 30 ft tall, 33 ft wide
Sunlight: Full-sun, Partial-sun
Water: Average, Medium-dry
Soil: Sand, Loam
Blooms: Pink in April, May
Natural habitats: Meadow-grasslands, Open-upland, Carolinian-forest
Wildlife benefits: Bees/wasps π, Hummingbirds πΊ, Songbirds π¦
Points of interest: - Most trees in Ontario have been planted as largely was extirpated now endangered
- Benefits birds, bees and humming birds
- Prefers well drained soils
- Drought and disease resistant