Cercis canadensis 'Garden Gems Amethyst'
$317.00 / 10G
Eastern Redbud ·
Description
Eastern Redbud 'Garden Gems Amethyst' is a tree suited to full sun to part shade and average conditions. It offers pink, purple or white color in spring.
Benefits
Adds long-term structure, shade, and a sense of permanence to the landscape. Creates an early-season lift after winter with fresh color and growth. Supports a more active, living garden with flowers that pollinators can use. Offers native-plant character in a garden-friendly selected form.
Features
Heart-shaped leaves and bare-branch spring flowers; pink, purple or white flowers mid-spring; pods fruit; matures about 15 - 30 ft tall
Usage/Use
Specimen tree, native garden, spring color
| Cercis canadensis 'Garden Gems Amethyst' | |
| Eastern Redbud | |
| 'Garden Gems Amethyst | |
| No | |
| Best grown in full sun to part shade with average moisture. | |
| Full Sun to Part Shade; Average moisture; Deep, well-drained garden soil. Water regularly the first season, then adjust to plant preference. | |
| Garden origin / cultivated selection | |
| Navitar | |
| Yes | |
| Medium | |
| No |
| 4 - 9 | |
| Hardy in USDA Zones 4–9; protect roots during establishment. | |
| Full Sun | |
| Loam | |
| 6 - 8 | |
| 15 - 30 ft | |
| 15 - 30 ft | |
| Wide | |
| 15 - 30 ft |
| Yes | |
| On Old Wood | |
| Mid-Spring | |
| None | |
| Green | |
| Green foliage | |
| Bees | |
| Woodland Edge of Savanna | |
| Native Garden | |
| Flower Interest | |
| Specimen | |
| Compact | |
| Long Lived | |
| Fall, Spring, Summer |
| Average Water | |
| Well-drained | |
| Water deeply during establishment; after established, water based on rainfall and soil moisture. | |
| Medium | |
| Water regularly during establishment, mulch to conserve moisture, and cut back/prune at the proper seasonal time. |