General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 10 to 15 feet
Plant Spread: 10 to 12 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Other: 3 to 4 inch flattened bean-like pods.
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Street Tree
Uses: Flowering Tree
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem

Common names
  • Redbud

Comments:
  • Posted by DRG on Aug 18, 2021 3:26 AM concerning plant:
    This name is apparently not valid, due to failure to publish correctly. The correct name is 'Little John', so the name Bubble Gum should not be placed in single quotes, but treated like a common name. It's unlikely that nurseries will change the name anytime soon!

    'Big John' (Heritage Seedlings & Liners Catalog, 2016–2017): Floriferous C. chinensis with pink flowers and rounded leaves. Name registered November 1, 2017.

    = 'Bubble Gum'

    'Bubble Gum' (Hatch, Laurence. The Redbuds: Varieties of the Genus Cercis. TCR Press. Raleigh, NC. Digital PDF eBook, 2010): Likely an interspecific C. chinensis. Less magenta, more pink flowers than wild-type C. chinensis. Named by John Allen of Shiloh Nursery (Harmony, NC). Name not yet established because electronic publication does not meet conditions of publication (ICNCP, Article 25).

    = 'Big John'

    https://www.usna.usda.gov/scie...

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