Pink Heartbreaker Redbud

Pink Heartbreaker Redbud

Cercis canadensis 'Pink Heartbreaker'

An ornamental redbud with showy magenta-pink spring flowers borne on bare branches before the leaves emerge.

  • Exceptional weeping form with a strong branching habit
  • Leaves emerge red, becoming dark green in the summer
  • Lavender-pink sweet pea-like flowers bloom on bare branches and even on mature trunks
  • A taller and wider weeping cultivar than Cercis 'Covey'
  • Commonly used for woodland/woods edge, specimen, naturalizing
  • Grows best in full sun to partial shade
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Plant Characteristics

Sunlight
Full sun, Partial shade
Soil Moisture
Moist, Average, Well-drained
Drought Tolerant
✓
Hardiness Zone
5 – 5
Mature Height (meters)
3.0 – 4.0
Mature Spread (meters)
4.0 – 5.0
Growth Rate
Medium
Flower Colour
Pink
Foliage Colour
Red
Fall Colour
Yellow
Bloom Time
Spring
Habit
Weeping
Deer Resistant
✓
Rabbit Resistant
✓
Pollinator Friendly
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Landscape Uses
Mass planting, Accent
Growing & Maintenance Tips
Cercis tolerates varied soil conditions and pHs, but not wet soils. To promote general health, prune out dead branches.   Cercis is in the legume family, and thus is capable of fixing needed atmospheric nitrogen.

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