The Redbud And Weeping Atlas Cedar
Unique Leaves And Trees

The Redbud is a very popular tree. This plant family represents beautiful blooms in the springtime and colorful autumn leaves when cooler weather arrives.

Two unique characteristics of this family are the different tones in the blossoms as well as some of their dynamite fall color.

Six of my favorite varieties come to mind and will grown well in zones four through nine.

They love full sun but will also take a little shade. The six different varieties are...

• Eastern - pink blossoms
• Eastern Whitebud - white
• Oklahoma - fuchsia
• Lavender Twist or Covey - pink- purple
• Royal - white
• Forest Pansy - deep purple

There are many pictures for you to see on the Internet of the beautiful blossoms. I wanted to show you a little different perspective in the leaves.

Two of my favorite varieties are the Covey or Lavender Twist, and Cascading Heart. Each tree specimen has a distinctive shaped leaf structure.

The pictures below were taken at Twin Bridge Nursery here in Greenville, South Carolina. We have many wonderful nurseries in our area and Twin Bridge is one of the best. Great service but more importantly, superb quality of trees, shrubs, and flowers.

The Covey or Lavender Twist has gorgeous fuchsia or pine color arriving in late April early May. The Lavender will do well in zones five through nine and requires average watering.

The leaves are a bright green and tightly curled. This Redbud grows at an average rate.

I love putting this tree in front of a group of evergreen trees. The Covey will grow anywhere six to ten feet high and the same width. The Loropetalum looks wonderful next to any Redbud.

For awhile in the past the Redbud had a disease and many died off. It is best to prune these trees after their springtime bloom.

Growers are producing excellent trees every year and improving in prevention of disease. Any one of these varieties make a spectacular focal point in your front or backyard.

The Cascading Heart or Ace of Hearts is similar to the Covey.

The Cascading Heart grows well in zones four through nine. I love this particular tree as each leaf looks like a heart and are clustered together.

A truly beautiful smaller tree with the the vibrant purple - pink flowers arriving in April. The growers are producing more of the Coveys and Cascading Hearts as they have become a hot commodity.

To me, the leaf structure is a in a perfect natural shape of the heart. I also love the defined veins in each leaf. Great specimen.
















The Weeping Atlas Cedar is a great accent in a garden along with the Redbud. It is an evergreen and does well in zones six through eight and possibly the upper half of zone nine.

The soft needle like leaves are spaced so the branches can show their unique curves and twists. The Weeping Atlas Cedar will grow ten to fifteen feet high and six to nine or ten feet wide.

A wonderful tree to plant in an open area and also be part of a focal point. If I am designing a large landscape area, I like to suggest putting a weeping Redbud in one area and a Weeping Atlas Cedar another area.

I try and balance out the bed with both of these trees being a duel focal point. Notice the blue and teal color tones of the Atlas.

Plant some evergreens throughout the bed with these trees and you will have a ray of color all year long. An alternative if the Weeping Atlas Cedar doesn't grow in your area is a Weeping White Spruce. The Weeping Spruce does great growing in zones two through seven.

This gallery page gives you a little information as well as visual of the different leaf structures in a couple different Redbud trees.

The Weeping Atlas Cedar is a bonus if you plant both specimens in a landscape garden or separately on your property.