Redbud, Cercis canadensis, http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CECA4
This beautiful tree is very widespread and brightens the springtime landscape.
We have three of these blooming now.
Native Flowering Trees.
The tree against the sky.
Mexican Plum, Prunus mexicana, http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PRME
Another beautiful widespread tree blooming now.
The flowers smell like honey, very beautiful.
Close up of the flowers.
Both are very pretty.
We have these side by side, the colors are so pretty, Spring is so beautiful!!
Thank you Debilu, are the trees in your area blooming yet? or is it too early.
Too early, except for pussy willows.
angele
Mar 20, 2008
Oh so pretty!!
Ah yes, I'm green with envy. Now, I've got one Redbud that should be big enough to bloom. So what does it do this year? ONE SINGLE SOLITARY BLOOM...tiny little bitty thing! I was so bummed...why is it torturing me this way? I'd rather it not done anything!
How long ago did you plant it? Sometimes even if they're big enough to bloom, trees will take a year or two to really give you much in the way of blooms because they like to get well established first before really putting on a show.
I've got a Cercis occidentalis that I bought 2 yrs ago in a 4" pot, it's still less than a foot tall, so I'm not sure if I'll ever see blooms from it!
Oh, this Redbud is over 7 feet tall...I've seen much smaller ones blooming away. I think trees need to be potted up to larger pots (or put in the ground) fairly soon. They need to put some serious roots down...can't do that in a 4" pot.
Our older ones have been gorgeous this year, one is 25 and the other 18, I have a younger volunteer that is about 8 and it is now starting to show some bloom, it is also a lighter color, almost a lilac.
Sorry if the way I worded things was confusing...it's not still in the 4" pot, I planted it shortly after I bought it so it's been in the ground for a year and a half now (I mentioned the 4" pot to emphasize how small it was when I got it)
Ecrane, we started with several one-gallon C. occidentalis three years ago. Only one of them has grown - it's now about 3-1/2 feet tall and blooms a little more each year. Don't they like being chilled? - I would have thought yours would grow better than mine here. I managed to get a couple of seeds from last year's blooms and I'm going to try to start a couple more and try them in different places to see if that's the problem with the ones that have not grown at all (they are still one-gallon stubs and don't bloom, but do leaf out.)
Can't see much in this picture, but at least you know you're not alone. Now my brother, OTOH, has beautiful redbuds every year - but he lives just below Yosemite!
Kathleen
I got mine from Las Pilitas so I would think they'd like your climate too. I don't know that much about redbuds honestly besides that they're pretty, and I figured I'd rather plant the native one! I'm hoping it follows the "first year it sleeps, 2nd year it creeps, 3rd year it leaps" rule...it's now been in the ground through 2 winters so I'm hoping it'll start growing soon!
Me too!
Hey you Southie-Westies- We have redbuds in the East too. Not much here closer to the coast in the coastal plain, but go towards the mountains and you start to see them. I have two in my yard and two more adopted out, all kids from my mom's tree. We have lots of dogwoods. They come up like weeds for me but take awhile to bloom.
Don't we know it, Sallyg! It's not that easy to find C. occidentalis - we have to be aware of the other if we want to grow natives, because asking for a redbud will often result in the C. canadensis.
I planted a native dogwood, but it hasn't flowered yet either. It won't be like your lovely trees, but has beautiful red branches and I like it already. I've always loved dogwoods and magnolias.
Redbud not in bloom just yet here- I have a picture from last year- it was in bloom April 7 when we had a freak light snow. (No harm) I must take my dogwoods for granted- don't have a single picture!
I know the redbud trees are pretty when they are flowering, but are they a pretty tree when they leaf out, and get big? I have one that someone gave me last year, it is about 5 ft tall. I'll be glad when I can take the stake away from it. : )
Does anyone have a picture of one fully leafed out, so I can get an idea of what it will look like? Thanks, ~Lucy
Here is a picture of Cercis canadensis, I don't have one of the foliage.
It is a nice looking tree, but nothing outstanding when not in flower.
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ornamentals/natives/trees/Cerciscaca2797.jpg
Josephine.
This link gives a few different views of C. occidentalis. To my eye, it's much more delicate looking than the other one, but that could just be the different environment - or the fact that I have a wimpy tree! lol It's not remarkable, but that's one of the nice things about it. The leaves move in the breeze and it makes a soft fill-in on our slope. I'll try to get a better picture of it when it leafs out.
http://www.calfloranursery.com/pages_plants/pages_c/cerocc.html
Another lovely flowering native tree blooming now in my yard.
Texas Mountain Laurel, Sophora secundiflora,
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SOSE3
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ornamentals/nativeshrubs/sophorasecund.htm
this large shrub is evergreen and very slow growing. Ours is nine years old.
Close up of the flower cluster.
Close up of the individual flower. I love this tree, very much worth waiting for.
That is pretty.
Thank you Debilu, it also has a lovely scent, so it is very special.
That is gorgeous...I have one too but mine is very young and I doubt if it's ready to bloom yet. It's a replacement for the one I had last year which the gophers decided would look better without its roots!
I am sorry about what happened to your shrub, and because they are such slow growers they are usually expensive to purchase, I hope your second one makes it without incidence.
Josephine.
Thanks for the pictures of the redbud trees, with leaves. : ) I also like your Texas Mountain Laurel, Frostweed. : ) I finally got one of my seeds to come up this winter. I am watching it like a hawk, to make sure nothing happens to it. It's a whole 4 or 5 inches tall right now. lol : )
I need to move it to a bigger pot, cause someone said they have a long tap root. I think I will use a pot that our citrus trees come in as babies. They are about 2 foot tall and slender. That will buy me enuff time for it to get a little bigger before I set it out.
~Lucy
Wow, that is a beauty. I love purple/blue flowers.
Another lovely evergreen native tree blooming in our yard now,
Carolina Cherry Laurel, Prunus caroliniana;
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PRCA
Besides looking good the butterflies nectar on the flowers, and the birds eat the berries.
Close up of the flower buds.
The open flowers.
Well, those just look delicious. Are they pleasant to the nose?
A very light scent, I saw a Monarch on the flowers today.