Description
Description:
A spectacular and hardy spring bloomer, presenting brilliant hot pink flowers held tightly on bare branches in early spring; dark green summer foliage turns a warm yellow in fall; an excellent ornamental tree for specimen use in the landscape
Ornamental Features:
Northern Lites™ Redbud has hot pink pea-like flowers with cherry red calyces along the branches from early to mid spring before the leaves. It has forest green deciduous foliage which emerges coppery-bronze in spring. The heart-shaped leaves turn an outstanding yellow in the fall.
Landscape Attributes:
Northern Lites™ Redbud is a multi-stemmed deciduous tree with a more or less rounded form. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other landscape plants with finer foliage. This is a relatively low maintenance tree, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. Deer don't particularly care for this plant and will usually leave it alone in favor of tastier treats.
