: any of several deciduous shrubs or trees (genus Cercis) of the legume family with usually pale rosy-pink flowers
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Remove low-hanging limbs of small trees, such as crabapples, redbuds, and crape myrtles, back to the main stem or trunk.
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Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 May 2025
Many deciduous ornamentals including redbuds, forsythia, crabapples, fruit trees, quince azaleas and many others were not adversely affected by last summer’s drought and the cold, windy winter and frozen soils that followed.
—Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025
But come spring, the light pink and lavender blooms of Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) turn mundane highway commutes into pleasurable scenic drives.
—Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2025
Many small ornamental trees brighten the Chicago region with their spring blooms: redbuds, crabapples, serviceberries, magnolias, wild plums and many more.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
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Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 May 2025
Many deciduous ornamentals including redbuds, forsythia, crabapples, fruit trees, quince azaleas and many others were not adversely affected by last summer’s drought and the cold, windy winter and frozen soils that followed.
—Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025
But come spring, the light pink and lavender blooms of Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) turn mundane highway commutes into pleasurable scenic drives.
—Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2025
Many small ornamental trees brighten the Chicago region with their spring blooms: redbuds, crabapples, serviceberries, magnolias, wild plums and many more.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Redbud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redbud. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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