Flowering TreesWestern Redbud
Cercis occidentalis
Western Redbud (Cercis occidentalis) is a medium-growing flowering tree, hardy in USDA zones 6-9, that matures to about 10-18 ft x 10-15 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with low water needs in well-drained and occasionally-dry soil. Expect pink and magenta blooms in spring. It attracts bees, butterflies and pollinators, stands up well to drought and deer, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 6-9
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- Low
- Mature size
- 10-18 ft x 10-15 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Occasionally-dry
- Foliage
- Green
- Bloom color
- Pink, Magenta
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Pollinators
- Tough against
- Drought, Deer
- Native to
- California and Southwestern US
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Western Redbud is hardy to about -10°F (estimated from USDA zone 6), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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