I received several twigs from the Arbor Day Foundation last year and they are sprouting leaves this year. If you're familiar with them, for a donation of $10 they send you ten trees with "trunks" painted different colors to identify them. I have three that are painted white which means they are supposed to be Red Buds. Well, I may not know much about plants/trees/shrubs, but I do know ONE thing ... and that is what a Red Bud leaf looks like. Out of the tree "white" trees, only one is a Red Bud. The photos below show what the leaves on the other two look like. Does anyone recognize what type of tree or bush these will be?

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Thank you Tiffany. Appreciate you! =)

Happy to try to help you investigate. Good luck with your mystery!

Looks like an elm or a birch.

Coppice said:Looks like an elm or a birch.

The verdict is in ... it's an elm. Not even close to a Redbud! Oh well. Perhaps I'll donate them to a friend because I have tons of elms already.

Thanks for satisfying our curiosity! Sorry it wasn't something you want to keep.