Cercis canadensis 'NCCC1' CAROLINA SWEETHEART redbud
size/type
small tree,taller shrub
usual height
2-4m
usual width
2-4m
leaves
deciduous broadleaf
colour of leaves
flowers
less showy but noticeable
colour of flowers
blooming time
April-May
location
full to partial sun
soil type
acidic (peaty) to neutral
soil moisture requirements
evenly moist but well-drained
USDA zone (lowest)
5 (down to -29°C)
winter protection
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
categorized
Eastern redbud is a lovely, deciduous, small tree or a large shrub where the word “love” is the key feature. Why? Because its leaves are in a perfect shape of a heart that we are used to drawing as an icon. There are quite a few varieties in trade today and they vary by leaf colour or plant habit or size. I am sure you can find a variety suitable for your garden.
Description of the plant:
CAROLINA SWEETHEART™ redbud is like fireworks glowing with several colours at once. This darling was developed in cooperation with the Star Roses and Plants Nursery by Thomas G. Ranney from North Carolina State University in the USA, who is also known in our country thanks to his of wonderful Storm™ series of quince.It is a cross between varieties Forest Pansy with maroon leaves and Silver Cloud with silver variegated green leaves. The result is a fantastically coloured, deciduous shrub with broadly ovate to heart-shaped, matte leaves 6-10 cm across. Newly emerging leaves are a striking shade of pink in early spring, turning white with dark green centers. The transition between white and green is not sharp or mottled, more like sparkled. In summer dark green leaves take on a deep maroon tone in full sun and new leaves come out in a bright garnet red shade. From late summer new leaves and white margins on mature foliage gain vivid pink shades which last until autumn. In early spring, tiny, bright pink, pea-like flowers appear on miniature stalks on the bare wood.
It grows moderately (30-40 cm per year) into a broadly funnel-shaped shrub with slightly arching ends. You can grow it as a multi-stemmed shrub or a single-stemmed tree. Young branches tolerate trimming and pruning, but older plants dislike cutting into old wood which might result in fungi infection. CAROLINA SWEETHEART™ is protected by patent No. PP27712 from 2017.
Eastern redbud is relatively soil tolerant but does best in moist but well-drained soil. We have experienced a specific sunscorch of the youngest leaves on CAROLINA SWEETHEART™ during very hot and sunny late June days due to high UV radiation. Still, when it happens affected leaves always fall off and are quickly replaced by new and healthy ones. It resents transplanting. For the best foliage colour grow it in full sun, young plants benefit from some shelter from drying winds. It is hardy to min. -29 °C (USDA zone 5), possibly yet a few degrees lower.
Last update 29-08-2023
SIZES and PRICES
shrub
height 100-125 cm, width 40-60 cm
4 640 Kč
shrub
height 100-125 cm, width 40-60 cm
4 640 Kč
height 175-200 cm
4 170 Kč
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GLOSSARY
- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
