Once the trees have budded, the pink and lavender flowers are almost inescapable throughout the summer before they turn golden yellow in the fall. The state, though, has two different redbud trees ...

The eastern redbud is a small (15-30 feet) native understory tree which blooms early spring and the pinkish-purple flowers ...

so irrigating during summer dry spells is recommended. Mulching also helps to maintain soil coolness and moisture. Redbud can be utilized as a specimen, patio or lawn tree, in small groups or ...

My redbud tree seems to be having problems, only half has bloomed this year, the other half is losing bark and has some dead-looking branches. I also see woodpeckers on the damaged parts.

Where once stood a 7-foot redbud tree, ablaze in spring blossoms, now sits a large hole. Sandra Heggen sits by the hole left behind after a 7-foot redbud tree vanished earlier this week at a green ...