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Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 5-9
- Spacing: 6'
- Exposure: Full Sun to Partial Shade
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Vanilla Twist Redbud
Shipping Winter of 2021
Our beloved native Eastern Redbud Tree -- with a twist! Instead of the usual lilac-pink flowers and upright/rounded habit, this new selection of Redbud offers a refreshingly different look. When the warming days of spring arrive, clean white blossoms burst along its cascading stems. The bright white blooms really pop against the charcoal-gray branches. Pretty, heart-shaped leaves follow. Vanilla Twist Redbud makes a superb accent Tree in the beds and borders surrounding your home, whether they're in sun or shade. Plant it where you need a quirky focal point and a sweet spring pick-me-up. Sharp!
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 5-9
- Spacing: 6'
- Exposure: Full Sun to Partial Shade
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The Story
Redbuds are red-hot! This classic American Tree has been reinvented into all sorts of intriguing colors and forms in recent years, and people can't get enough of them. Vanilla Twist is a fine new addition to the collection that is especially valued for its strongly weeping form and chalk-white blossoms. Nurseryman Tim Brotzman of Madison, Ohio, developed it by putting Lavender Twist Redbud (a weeping form) into a cage of bees with Royal White Redbud. The bees cross-pollinated the flowers, and Brotzman sowed the resulting seeds. He introduced Vanilla Twist in 2010.
The Details
Pluck a Redbud flower the next they're blooming, and take a close look. The blossoms look like tiny hummingbirds! In most areas, hummingbirds arrive too late to enjoy their nectar, though bees and other valuable early-season pollinators will gladly service the flowers. The blooms themselves are edible to humans, and they make a lovely garnish for a fresh spring salad.
How to Grow
Though it has gone through some cosmetic changes, the Vanilla Twist Redbud is still a native Redbud at heart (like the Redbuds you see in the wild) and is well adapted to life in many parts of the country. Give it a site in full sun or part shade. As for water needs, Vanilla Twist will have some degree of drought tolerance once established, but the leaves will stay healthier-looking if your Tree is irrigated during dry spells and not made to fend for itself. It will not abide 'wet feet', however. You will need to stake the new growth if you want it to grow taller. Its natural habit is strongly weeping.
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