Great tree during early bloom and leaf color throughout the season. I’m in eastern US where they are native and have a few (different varieties). Very hardy and fast growing. My experience is that my straight species have tons of seed pods and self seed profusely - my cultivars have fewer to minimal seed pods. Enjoy!
I have a forest pansy in my small front yard (Australian hot summer, mild winter) and it doesn’t have seed pods. Beautiful tree. Does drop a lot of dead wood (twigs).
I’ve always loved redbuds. This weekend I planted an eastern redbud, “ Carolina Sweetheart “, and I am in love, I’m convinced it’s the most beautiful tree in the world 🩷
Hi Jenny , I have a Ruby falls weeping redbud it’s about 3 years old now . I suspect that some of your branches broke off , as the branches are quite brittle . Such an amazing tree in all seasons . I would love to get a forest pansy flame thrower a fairly new introduction . This area of your yard is going to be beautiful.💐
Hi Diane Yes, I think you are right about the branches, I hope it recovers. Glad you love your cercis, always encouraging to hear good things, what does the flame thrower one do differently to the standard forest pansy? So excited for spring and seeing everything come into leaf but I need to mulch the whole site or else it will all be covered in weeds!
@@MurphysGarden The flame thrower is more of a Horizontal shape and golden yellow in colour,the new growth comes out in red colour along the tips.. very pretty.
Redbuds pop up like weeds on my property. They’re a quick grower, growing 4 to 5 feet in a year if I don’t cut them down. I do have some mature ones but don’t want thousands. 😄 They are terrific paired with dogwoods for glorious spring blooms. Cheers.
Oh how funny that they grow like weeds! Don’t think I will have that problem here but I hope it can cope with a UK climate, will just have to wait and see. Good tip, will definitely plant dogwood near it, bought a cornus sanguinea ‘Magic Flame’ which will make a fantastic contrast I hope 🤞
New subscriber - I too am recently obsessed with redbuds - right now I only have Ruby Falls and Merlot, but sure I will be planting (collecting 😂) more. Flamethrower (name in the states) is the same as Eternal Flame. Very hot seller here as well and still quite expensive - definitely none left for end of season clearance buyers like myself. I’ve stalked quite a few at the nursery, and it’s interesting to see how some Flamethrowers are much more weeping than others, almost like a ruby falls. Some are funny, half weeping. Have seen them scorched in all day full sun here but they do require mostly sun for best coloring. Your garden is joyful and lovely!
Lovely to have you join us! Sounds like you have room to house your new and expanding collection, I don’t think I will be able to get any more sadly 😢 There is such a fantastic range and the more I looked into them the more I wanted!! I hope it performs and delivers, can’t wait for spring! Happy gardening 🌳 Jenny
I planted a beautiful cercis last year and lost a third in a summer storm in the UK. We’ve had to build a double tiered frame to support it. Beware in exposed sites which I know yours is from the wind x
Thank you, I am a bit concerned if it will cope with high winds, which seem to be a more regular thing now. How upsetting that yours got so badly damaged, we may need to add more support as it grows bigger in future. Many thanks for the tip Jenny
Hi Lisa, It depends on the size of your tree and the site, if it’s a small tree in a sheltered location then you probably don’t need a stake but our garden is quite windy and so we have staked all of our new trees just to be sure! I attach footage of us adding the stake to our Cornus Kousa if you want to see how we did it (see 10:54) th-cam.com/video/FC6Ymb5CoqM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=WEPv_1hSVZ1c8lTt
For anyone watching this, i highly reccommend planting only the native ecotype, not any of the cultivars such as Forest Pansy, as many of these cultivars provide little to no benefits to wildlife. For example, cultivars with red leaves are ignored by all butterflies and moths, insects which lay their eggs on the normal green leaf Cercis Canadensis, because the red leaves are not palatable to the caterpillars. I have planted several Redbuds on my property, all of which are the naturally ocuring, native ecotype Edit: Cultivar stands for (Culti)vated (var)iety, and keep in mind all cultivars are man-made, as in, they are selectively bred to have certain characteristics that humans like, but these characteristics that we like, are typically not enjoyed by native animals and insects.
Ah I planted a good eternal flame in the autumn
Looking forward to growing season cheers
Great tree during early bloom and leaf color throughout the season. I’m in eastern US where they are native and have a few (different varieties). Very hardy and fast growing. My experience is that my straight species have tons of seed pods and self seed profusely - my cultivars have fewer to minimal seed pods. Enjoy!
Oh interesting to hear, many thanks
Jenny
I have a forest pansy in my small front yard (Australian hot summer, mild winter) and it doesn’t have seed pods. Beautiful tree. Does drop a lot of dead wood (twigs).
Good to know, thank you
I’ve planted Merlot, in Australia. As you say it likes our climate. It’s still small but this summer it put on heaps of growth and looks gorgeous.
Great to hear it’s grown lots, hope mine does too!
I’ve always loved redbuds. This weekend I planted an eastern redbud, “ Carolina Sweetheart “, and I am in love, I’m convinced it’s the most beautiful tree in the world 🩷
I agree, only yesterday I was adoring mine, when the sun shines on it it looks resplendent!
Hi Jenny , I have a Ruby falls weeping redbud it’s about 3 years old now . I suspect that some of your branches broke off , as the branches are quite brittle
. Such an amazing tree in all seasons . I would love to get a forest pansy flame thrower a fairly new introduction . This area of your yard is going to be beautiful.💐
Hi Diane
Yes, I think you are right about the branches, I hope it recovers. Glad you love your cercis, always encouraging to hear good things, what does the flame thrower one do differently to the standard forest pansy? So excited for spring and seeing everything come into leaf but I need to mulch the whole site or else it will all be covered in weeds!
@@MurphysGarden The flame thrower is more of a Horizontal shape and golden yellow in colour,the new growth comes out in red colour along the tips.. very pretty.
Redbuds pop up like weeds on my property. They’re a quick grower, growing 4 to 5 feet in a year if I don’t cut them down. I do have some mature ones but don’t want thousands. 😄 They are terrific paired with dogwoods for glorious spring blooms. Cheers.
Oh how funny that they grow like weeds! Don’t think I will have that problem here but I hope it can cope with a UK climate, will just have to wait and see. Good tip, will definitely plant dogwood near it, bought a cornus sanguinea ‘Magic Flame’ which will make a fantastic contrast I hope 🤞
Beautiful tree, hope it’s doing well.
Thank you 🌿
@@susanwhite1641 Yes, it’s doing great and has put in lots of growth this year!
Thanks for watching
New subscriber - I too am recently obsessed with redbuds - right now I only have Ruby Falls and Merlot, but sure I will be planting (collecting 😂) more. Flamethrower (name in the states) is the same as Eternal Flame. Very hot seller here as well and still quite expensive - definitely none left for end of season clearance buyers like myself. I’ve stalked quite a few at the nursery, and it’s interesting to see how some Flamethrowers are much more weeping than others, almost like a ruby falls. Some are funny, half weeping. Have seen them scorched in all day full sun here but they do require mostly sun for best coloring. Your garden is joyful and lovely!
Lovely to have you join us! Sounds like you have room to house your new and expanding collection, I don’t think I will be able to get any more sadly 😢 There is such a fantastic range and the more I looked into them the more I wanted!! I hope it performs and delivers, can’t wait for spring!
Happy gardening 🌳
Jenny
Hi you planted a other beautiful tree. Can't wait to see how they all do in your garden..
Thank you, I can hardly wait too!
I planted a beautiful cercis last year and lost a third in a summer storm in the UK. We’ve had to build a double tiered frame to support it. Beware in exposed sites which I know yours is from the wind x
Thank you, I am a bit concerned if it will cope with high winds, which seem to be a more regular thing now. How upsetting that yours got so badly damaged, we may need to add more support as it grows bigger in future. Many thanks for the tip
Jenny
Im near Seattle and im not that familiar with it. Id like one. You guys need a Chilean wine palm i tink
We just planted a Flame Thrower…. Very unique
I have 2 rising sun and 2 forest pansy. I have kept them pruned quite heavy…not sure if that is the reason but I do not have many pods.
I have seeds from the eternal flame. I'm on zone 9 east Tennessee.
I just planted a ruby falls redbud…. So I need to stake it? And what’s the best stake you perfer.
Hi Lisa,
It depends on the size of your tree and the site, if it’s a small tree in a sheltered location then you probably don’t need a stake but our garden is quite windy and so we have staked all of our new trees just to be sure! I attach footage of us adding the stake to our Cornus Kousa if you want to see how we did it (see 10:54)
th-cam.com/video/FC6Ymb5CoqM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=WEPv_1hSVZ1c8lTt
For anyone watching this, i highly reccommend planting only the native ecotype, not any of the cultivars such as Forest Pansy, as many of these cultivars provide little to no benefits to wildlife. For example, cultivars with red leaves are ignored by all butterflies and moths, insects which lay their eggs on the normal green leaf Cercis Canadensis, because the red leaves are not palatable to the caterpillars. I have planted several Redbuds on my property, all of which are the naturally ocuring, native ecotype
Edit: Cultivar stands for (Culti)vated (var)iety, and keep in mind all cultivars are man-made, as in, they are selectively bred to have certain characteristics that humans like, but these characteristics that we like, are typically not enjoyed by native animals and insects.