Object Details
Description
This Chinese redbud cultivar is more compact than the species, does not produce seed pods, and has resistance to Botryosphaeria canker.
Hardiness
-10 - 30 F
Bloom Time
March to April
Provenance
From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
Accession Number
2015-2193A
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Life Form
Deciduous shrub/sub-shrub
Average Height
10-12'
Bloom Characteristics
Clusters of pea-like, mauve-pink flowers.
Fall Color
Yellow
Foliage Characteristics
Simple, alternate, cordate, medium green leaves.
Fruit Characteristics
Sterile. No seed pods produced.
Range
Cultivated
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On Display
Enid A. Haupt Garden
Common Name
Chinese redbud 'Don Egolf'
Group
[vascular plants]
Class
Equisetopsida
Subclass
Magnoliidae
Superorder
Rosanae
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Cercis
Species
chinensis
Data Source
Smithsonian Gardens
Topic
Trees
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Record ID
ofeo-sg_2015-2193A