• Flowering memorial tree with rosy spring blooms in a park with a paved path and greenery
  • Close-up of rosy pink memorial tree flowers honoring a loved one with a blurred background
  • Treebute organic soil blend package next to a tree used to memoralize a loved one's cremation ashes into a living tribute
  • Hands holding a small amount of soil intended for a special memorial planting against a neutral background
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Eastern Redbud

Eastern Redbud

The Eastern Redbud is a beloved ornamental tree known for its early spring display of rosy-pink blossoms that emerge before the leaves. Its heart-shaped foliage and graceful branching make it a powerful, uplifting symbol of connection, hope, and remembrance.

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Eastern Redbud Treebute Kit: Heart-shaped leaves and rosy spring blooms that celebrate love, renewal, and hope. 

Each Treebute Kit includes everything needed to plant a memorial tree at home - a hands-on experience that creates a living connection bringing comfort, healing, and peace. When words fall short, using your hands to plant and care for something living can bring quiet comfort and forward movement. This complete memorial tree kit is designed to be simple and meaningful at home.

Why You'll Love the Eastern Redbud:

  • Meaningful Blossoms: When most trees are still bare, the Redbud bursts into clouds of rosy-pink blossoms along every branch - even growing directly from the trunk. For centuries, people have brought Redbud branches indoors to "drive winter out." This tree announces spring and the hope that comes with it.
  • Heart-Shaped Leaves: The Eastern Redbud's leaves are unmistakably heart-shaped - nature's own valentine that appears fresh each spring and summer. It's a quiet, beautiful reminder that love endures, growing more visible with each passing season.
  • Perfect for Small Spaces: Grows 15–25 feet tall with a rounded, manageable canopy.Seasonal Beauty: Spring brings that spectacular rosy-pink bloom. Summer reveals glossy green heart-shaped leaves. Autumn transforms the canopy to warm gold and yellow. Even in winter, the graceful branching structure and interesting bark add beauty to your landscape.
  • Tough & Adaptable: Native to eastern North America, the Redbud is remarkably adaptable - thriving in full sun or partial shade, tolerating clay soil, and becoming drought-tolerant once established. It grows quickly when young and requires very little maintenance. This is a tree that wants to flourish for you.

Each Treebute Kit Includes 

      ✓ Hardy tribute tree (size you select)
      ✓ Step-by-step planting & watering care guide
      ✓ Personalized memorial message

➕ Optional Add-Ons (Customize Your Treebute Kit)

o    Planter (choose your style & size)
o    Premium potting mix (for indoor or patio planting)
o    Cremation-safe organic soil blend (for ashes, if/when you’re ready)
      Many customers plant without ashes  -  and that’s just as meaningful.

Everything arrives together, ready to plant.

Easy to Grow, Easy to Love - Nurturing Your Memorial Tree

No green thumb? No problem! The Eastern Redbud is as resilient as it is beautiful. It thrives in a variety of soil types, requires minimal pruning, and is generally pest and disease resistant. With this low-fuss buddy, you get maximum beauty with minimum effort.

  • Light: Full sun to partial shade - you'll see the heaviest blooms in sunnier spots, but this tree adapts well to dappled light. 
  • Water: Water regularly during the first year to help roots establish. Once settled, your Redbud becomes quite drought-tolerant.
  • Soil: Remarkably adaptable - handles clay, sandy, acidic, and alkaline soils. Just avoid waterlogged areas.
  • Space: Allow 20-25 feet for your tree to reach its full, graceful form (20-30 feet tall and wide at maturity).

Each moment caring for your tree - watering, watching the spring buds swell, seeing those heart-shaped leaves unfurl - becomes a quiet act of remembrance.

Optional: Plant with Cremation Ashes - The Treebute® Difference

For those wishing to incorporate cremation ashes, your kit includes the option to add our Treebute® organic soil blend. This specially formulated mixture creates a safe, nurturing foundation for your tree - transforming ashes into living growth.

Your tree is meaningful with or without ashes - this is simply another way to honor someone you love.

Honor Your Loved One in a Way That Lives On

Finding a meaningful way to honor someone you love can feel overwhelming. The Eastern Redbud offers something both beautiful and symbolic - a native tree whose heart-shaped leaves speak of enduring love, and whose early spring blooms remind you that hope and renewal are always possible.

When those rosy-pink flowers appear on still-bare branches, you'll have a reason to pause, to remember, and to feel connected. And when the heart-shaped leaves emerge, you'll be reminded that love doesn't end - it grows.

The act of planting creates meaning. The heart-shaped leaves create connection. The tree creates a place to remember.

Plant Specifications:

Bloom Time:
Spring
Botanical Name:
Cercis canadensis
Growth Rate Value:
Moderate
Mature Height Value:
20-30 ft.
Mature Width Value:
10-15 ft.
Sunlight Value:
Full-Part Sun
Does Not Ship To:
AZ, OR
Growing Zones:
4-9 outdoors

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Do I need ashes to plant an Eastern Redbud memorial tree?

No. Treebute Kits work beautifully as living memorials without cremation ashes. The cremation-safe soil is an optional add-on for those who want to incorporate ashes. Your Eastern Redbud is meaningful either way - those heart-shaped leaves will honor your loved one regardless.

What's included in the Eastern Redbud Treebute Kit?

Each kit includes a young, healthy Eastern Redbud tree; a step-by-step planting & watering care guide; and a personalized memorial message. One thoughtfully packaged kit - everything arrives together, ready to plant.

Can I plant an Eastern Redbud indoors?

The Eastern Redbud is an outdoor tree that needs space to reach its full size (20-30 feet). It thrives in USDA zones 4-9 and can grow in full sun to partial shade. For indoor memorial options, consider our Olive Tree or Fiddle-Leaf Fig Treebute Kits.

Can I plant an Eastern Redbud with cremation ashes?

Yes. Treebute Kits offers the option to add Treebute® include an organic soil blend specially formulated to safely mix with cremation ashes, offsetting the naturally high pH and sodium level found in cremation ash, creating a nurturing foundation for tree growth. Your Redbud will bloom each spring as a living tribute.

When does the Eastern Redbud bloom?

The Eastern Redbud is one of the first trees to bloom each spring - typically late March through April - producing clusters of rosy-pink flowers for 2-3 weeks. The blooms appear on bare branches before the heart-shaped leaves emerge, creating a stunning early-spring display.

How big does an Eastern Redbud get?

A mature Eastern Redbud typically reaches 20-30 feet tall with a similar spread. It grows quickly when young (about 2 feet per year), then settles into a moderate growth rate. The tree develops a graceful, rounded canopy with attractive branching structure.