Traveller Weeping Redbud

The Traveller Weeping Redbud is a beautiful pendulous variety of the Texas redbud, with branches that grow downwards at 45 degrees, creating a broad, spreading crown up to 12 feet across, on a plant that is just 5 or 6 feet tall. In early spring the bare stems are smothered in bunches of vibrant fuchsia-pink blooms, which are followed by pods that turn red and then brown by fall. The leaves are heart-shaped, and glossy, opening reddish in spring, before turning a beautiful green, and then turning yellow, orange and copper in fall. Grow this tree as a lawn specimen, at the back of a shrub bed, or as a specimen on a slope or among rocks.

• Beautiful weeping tree with a broad, spreading crown
• Brilliant fuchsia-pink blooms on bare branches in early spring
• glossy, heart-shaped leaves turn yellow, orange and copper in fall
• Dark-gray bark and twigs are attractive in winter
• More drought and heat resistant than most other eastern redbud trees

Grow the Traveller Weeping Redbud in zone 6 and all warmer zones. It is not as cold resistant as most other eastern redbud trees, but much more drought and heat resistant. It grows well in almost all well-drained soils, and it tolerates urban pollution and dryness well. Pests and diseases are usually not problems, and deer leave it alone. No pruning is needed, except for removing any shoots that may form on the main trunk, as this tree is grafted.