Cercis chinensis 'Don Egolf'
Object Details
- Description
- This Chinese redbud cultivar is more compact than the species, does not produce seed pods, and has resistance to Botryosphaeria canker.
- Hardiness
- -10 - 30 F
- Bloom Time
- March to April
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2015-2193A
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Life Form
- Deciduous shrub/sub-shrub
- Average Height
- 10-12'
- Bloom Characteristics
- Clusters of pea-like, mauve-pink flowers.
- Fall Color
- Yellow
- Foliage Characteristics
- Simple, alternate, cordate, medium green leaves.
- Fruit Characteristics
- Sterile. No seed pods produced.
- Range
- Cultivated
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- Smithsonian Gardens Tree Collection
- On Display
- Enid A. Haupt Garden
- Common Name
- Cultivar of Chinese Redbud
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Rosanae
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Cercis
- Species
- chinensis
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Trees
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2015-2193A
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax70d65e0f8-deda-45fe-a839-93475cfb252f
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