It takes a lot to put this together, thank you for sharing

I know you're only one person but man do I wish you could do a video and article on EVERYTHING. You do such an excellent job with every single video and article. You are so detailed, thorough, empirical and scientific while being completely digestible. You are my go-to for information on plants. Your methods and communication style are very scientific, in fact you seem like someone who's an engineer of some sort by day and is also obsessed with plants.

My favorite tree! I finally added one to my yard a couple of years ago. Now I know so much more about it!

That definitely is a beautiful tree

I just grabbed a ton of seeds from work last week and was going to try growing them!!! Awesome.

Awesome video, I have two Texas Redbud trees, already 15 years old. Love them, they are beautiful trees, perfect size and wildlife love them. Thanks.

I’ve been wanting to add one to my landscape. Thanks for the tips!

In January 2021 I winter sowed some redbud seeds following your method. From that batch I had six trees that made it to potting stage, and were planted out in the fall. Two have survived to the present, and one is now six feet tall and had a few tiny flowers this spring. I was elated to see them! Thank you so much for continuing to make your super-informative videos on native plants. Lots of things in my garden owe their starts to Growit/Buildit videos!

Thanks a million!

Yess! I've had a hard time growing this

I’m new to your channel I enjoyed videos very informative!.Thanks for sharing.

Great video. My Redbuds barely bloomed this year. I hope that doesn't mean they are sick. They are fully leaved out so possibly our late freeze killed the buds. I have to thank you because the bird song that played when your logo was on at the beginning is one I've been trying to ID for so long. I was able to record it and get the ID - White-throated Sparrow. So, bonus for me!

Oh, great video BTW. Loved it!

Very through! I feel like your production quality is stepped up a knot h in this video I really like it! Gonna give this a try for sure!

I've been enjoying my Redbed for 20 years. I've made jelly every year out of it.

Great video! I planted a couple of these 2 years ago and am hoping for flowers in the next couple years

Such a great piece! Thanks! I love early spring in the southeast where I live when the only color is Eastern Redbuds. I did some research on the history of the Weeping Redbud on my channel and blog. Not nearly as in-depth as this, but perhaps worth a look. The weeping variety grows much more slowly and they require staking to encourage them up. I have had mine for 7 years but have never ween pods on it. Again, thanks for a great post!

Thanks for the video. I love redbuds. I have one. Every time we move i plant one.

I collected seeds and planted a few of these in a partly-shady spot in my backyard a couple years ago using your old tutorials. They're still only about 1 foot tall going into their 3rd year, so it's clearly not "ideal growing conditions", but hey at least they're still alive. 😁I've been looking forward to seeing a full updated video on them and this is great!

I always look forward to your very well organized, comprehensive plant profiles. I have grown Forest Pansy redbud, which has maroon heart-shaped leaves. It is gorgeous, but it definitely does not like full sun in Virginia. Morning sun or dappled sun is best for this variety.

Every year, I hope mine will bloom. It was a yearling when placed 3 years ago. We did a major pruning on some overgrown Burfordi Holly a few months ago, opened up the space some. It's one of the trees that I fell in love with when I moved south. I've been fighting invasive Wisteria and ivy from the property next door for 3 years now. Found a colony of Galax this morning! Love my natives!

The most interesting that I found in this video that made my ears perk up were the fact that it has a white mutated version; I’ll be on the hunt for one as I’m the neighbor who likes different types of cultivars not commonly seen around the area 😊 Thanks! Helpful info. I received some redwoods from Arbor Day so wanted to listen in on some info before I planted them!

excellent vid

Excellent tutorial. I've been thinking about planting a Redbud or three to take the place of some crepe myrtle that I have. I really don't like the crepe myrtles, so some Redbuds would be really nice.

I've noticed leafcutter bees (which I introduced into my property) prefer redbuds for their building material. The leaves of several trees look like someone has taken a hole punch to the edges of hundreds of leaves.

Thanks so much for this video. We planted two saplings a 2 years ago and a young tree last year. The saplings sent out so many long gangly branches with very large leaves that it was pulling the trees down. We had trimmed them in the winter but the new growth was still overwhelming the tree so we trimmed it this summer :( The young tree blossomed the first spring and it was so exciting to see the beautiful blooms....but again it is sending out long arching branches with very large leaves....we have pruned it by eye so it can support itself but again we had to do it in this summer because even after the winter pruning it got to be heavy, down to the ground and bush like. I hope we haven't cause it harm by pruning it this summer. Sorry for the long post....do we just keep winter pruning every year to keep it from becoming a bush? Thanks so much for your time and all the knowledge you share :)

I do gardening for people and often find the seedlings growing in the gardens I'm working on. Have transplanted a bunch

I have a couple I am trying to bonsai! 😎 still hasn’t flowered for me, but I read somewhere that I need to not fertilize. The fertilization helps push leaves and not the flower. We’ll see!

First, thank you for all of this awesome information! Next, I’m in North Texas and I ran across a (15gal) Texas Redbud today at Tractor Supply. I’m thinking strongly about going back to purchase it first thing tomorrow morning. My concern is the spot that I’m placing it in because I planted a Yoshino Cherry Tree there a few weeks back and it’s already dead. I have heavy clay soil and I conditioned the spot with pine bark mulch to help with drainage and planted it 3 inches above the soil line but it still died. I’m wondering if I purchase the Redbud, should I plant it even higher and build up the soil around it? -Calvin

Great video! Thank you for putting so much detail into this. I received an Eastern Redbud from my grandmother so it is very special to me. I planted it in 2021when it was just under 2 feet tall. Now in 2024 it is about 5 feet tall so I'm not quite hitting that 2 feet per year of growth. I also notice that it sends out a lot of suckers and I do my best to prune those off whenever I see them. Are the suckers indicative of an issue or are they normal for Redbuds?

VERY INFORMATIVE! I HAD ONE 6 years ago in a different garden -No problems. In a new raised bed-IGOT AN 8 footer Balled & Burlapped(B&B(just found that lingo pre here)ground is moist @ Base, I read it can handle; with the Grass removed it’s wetter,but no rain now=no water around it/Filled with Organic soil/bought it with 2 whole flower buds/A WOOPIE DO, 2More grew!/it sat a few weeks in less sun more shade unt I could move it to the inside fence/now it’s in 6 hours sun. I bought it May 11,2024 It’s now June 28,2024//NOT A SINGLE DANG LEAF IS GROWING!!/I JUST GOUND A SUCKER & took it off/dirt is at its flare & kept a few inches from center/IT WAS 8 feet tall when I got it(it just fits into the Outback(the help Carefully put it in)NO LEAVES LEAVES 😡=Strength🤨You stated DRY=Tap Root Moist =not They don’t like to move-it Dudu WILL NOT GIVE UP IM WISHING I GOT THE KWANZAN BUT 50feet from the house+THE STREET! Of course AFTER!! I read that! I FOUND THEY COULD BE TRIMMED! Which meant the roots would NOT BE A PROBLEM-THEY AT LEAST HAD FLOWERS! So I got the Eastern RB-which I tracked down what was that light purple tree! For 10yesrs until I got an answer! (Asking people who had plants I liked IN THEIR YARD=I DUH KNOW IT WAS HERE WHEN WE MOVED IN. Now with WiFi it’s less time but getting the CORRECT ANSWER IS THE NEED. You had Good stuff! I SUBSCRIBED

Great video! Thank you! Had a quick question...planted a redbud last year (it was fully blooming). This spring 1/2 the tree blooming and 1/2 no buds/flowers (a few baby ones towards the trunk. I live in Zone 5. Is this because it's only been planted a year and I am in a cold climate? Could half be dead? The branches still seem flexible and alive overall...TIA!

My redbud has e few lateral branches lower on the tree that appear to be dead. Should I remove them, they had no flowers, this year. The 16-year old tree is well established and growing intertwined with a crabapple which was planted too close. Thank you for all the information. I will be checking out your other videos.

I love redbud trees. I'm in the Kansas City area, and these dudes grow like weeds here. They're ubiquitous. If you have one redbud tree in your yard, you have hundreds of little volunteers each year. In a fancy pants yard, you better pull them young because the develop a corkscrew taproot. You try to pull it out of the ground and the bastard snaps on you. Now it's to grow back (quickly) with three or four shoots. That's when break out the triclopyr. And they do have a short life by tree standards. After 30 or 40 years they run into issues. But that's not a bad life span. They're cool. Oddly enough I spent my day cutting down and removing several mature, (half dead) redbuds today. Not my typical work. It's weird this video was in my feed.

My redbud sheds its seed pods and within days I have hundreds of baby redbuds growing everywhere under it which I have to pull out like weeds even through the landscaping rock. I have planted different varieties of ground cover plant and I hope this helps create a barrier. I do love my beautiful redbud, but just one will do for my back yard.

I cried a little when you drove down that street flanked in what looks like callery pear. :(

Great video! I ordered 2 online bcuz nowhere near me had any. They didnt look ao great when they arrived. Kinda shriveled leaves probly shocked from shipping. They are about 3 ft tall. Only had them for about a week so far. Hoping they will bounce back with a little tlc. Any tips on helping them to make a comeback?

What is your take on soil blocking? I have other questions bellow but, I was looking into it and I was really wishing @GrowitBuildit had a comparison video. I can’t tell if it’s quantifiably better or just a trend. Even if you don’t make a video I would love to hear your thoughts. Other questions: Have you ever tried it? Does it work for cold stratifying? Is it easier? Are the improvements for trans planting that much better?

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What are your thoughts about the double blossom Pom Pom Redbud?

What about spacing? I'm getting 5 young eastern redbuds. I'd like to create a tree line along my property. How close can i place them to each other? Also, I'm in zone 9a/b. How much sun do you recommend? The area I want to place them gets sun from 9am to about 3pm. Is that too much sun in sunny and hot central Florida?

Thanks! Being a Legume, is it nitrogen fixing?

I have 3 young redbuds in containers. I'm not sure where I want to put them. Do you think they'll be ok in the containers until they're old enough to bloom?

I just planted the straight species in my front yard. Interestingly there a few specimens in my neighborhood which seem to be leaving out with dark red colored leaves rather than pale green. Could those be cultivars?

Estos árboles llamados ( Red bud tree ) son muy bonitas las Flores y yo los tengo en mi propiedad por todos lados lo raro que no tengo idea de donde an venido que yo sepa . Mis vecinos no tienen yo asumo que los pajaritos an comido las frutas y sn dejando las semillas .

We have had a Cercis canadensis Forest Pansy in our garden for about 20 years. It is very beautiful but disappointingly has never bloomed. Every spring it get lots of buds which fall off without ever opening. Any idea why?

I had to leave my beloved redbud when my rental was terminated as the owners decided I was too old at 70, to rent their old dairy after 14 years of country living. My redbud tree was my sign of spring in Australia, where we have only one deciduous native tree. The ignorant, entitled owners have probably cut it down now, while it has become too expensive for me to buy another. Those 14 years were a joy every spring because of my flowering redbud.

The twinge of disgust at the bradford pear tree shot lol

Funguses? :)

Do you have info on growing the tree from seeds? I’ve tried so many methods but have had no success. 😢

Mike red bugs have grown into a circle and they have out competed the raspberries this year. There are no raspberries at all left in this circle. There’s a very old stump there so I’m not sure how this got started. There’s a very big stump not a redbud tree.