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How to Grow
Water
Medium
Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.
Sunlight
Partial Shade - Partial Sun - Full Sun
~
3-6 hours of sun per day, with protection from intense mid-day sun
Characteristics
Bloom Time
Mar, Apr, May
Plant Type
Trees, Shrub, Tree, Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub/Tree
Lifespan
Woody
Flower
3-5 inch clusters of 3/4 inch magenta pea-shaped flowers in early spring before the foliage appears. Blooms on older growth and covers branches and sometimes the trunk.
Fruit
4-inch long showy purple leguminous flat seedpods mature in late summer and last well into winter.
Benefits
Attracts
Butterflies
Pollinators
Songbirds
Specialized Bees
Taxonomy
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Cercis