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Golden Falls® Redbud Tree

Golden Falls® Redbud Tree

The Golden Falls Eastern Redbud is a distinctive ornamental tree admired for its graceful weeping form, heart-shaped leaves, and vibrant golden foliage.

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Please Note: This product can not be shipped to AZ, OR
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Golden Falls Redbud Treebute

A Cascade of Golden Beauty and Renewal

The Golden Falls Eastern Redbud is a small weeping tree with cascading branches and heart shaped leaves that emerge orange and settle into bright, golden yellow. In early spring, rosy pink flowers line the bare branches before the leaves arrive.

Each Treebute is a complete memorial tree kit designed to be planted at home, a hands-on ritual that many people find grounding and healing during times of loss. The act of planting gives your hands something purposeful to do and creates meaning, forming a living connection to the one you love.

What Happens After You Order

Step 1

Your tree is prepared and shipped with care from our nursery.

Step 2

Your kit arrives ready to plant, with your healthy tree, care guide, and personalized memorial message.

Step 3

Follow the simple steps to plant your living memorial, whenever the time feels right.

Step 4

Care for your tree, and watch it grow over the years.


Why You'll Love the Golden Falls Redbud Tree

  • Vibrant Foliage: The standout golden-yellow leaves emerge in early spring, adding a warm glow to your landscape. As the seasons change, the leaves transition to a soft green, offering a multi-seasonal display.
  • Graceful Form: The cascading branches create a gentle, comforting silhouette that adds beauty and tranquility to memorial spaces.
  • Compact and Adaptable: Growing at a narrow 8 to 10 feet tall and only 3 to 4 feet wide, it suits small yards, patios, and large containers, and can move with you wherever life leads.
  • Easy to Enjoy: This redbud is as low-maintenance and rewarding as it is beautiful.

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)

○ Planter (choose your style & size)
○ Premium potting mix (for container planting)
○ Cremation-safe organic soil blend (for ashes, if and when you're ready)

    Many customers plant without ashes, and that's just as meaningful.

One thoughtfully packaged kit. Everything arrives together, ready to plant.

Nurturing Your Memorial Tree

Even if you're new to planting, Golden Falls Eastern Redbud trees are rewarding and approachable with simple care.

  • Light: Prefers a location with plenty of sunlight for the best foliage color and flowering.
  • Water: Water regularly during establishment and during extended dry periods.
  • That's it: With a suitable planting location and occasional care, this tree provides years of beauty and remembrance.

Each moment caring for your tree 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.

Learn more about our cremation-safe formula.

A Living Memorial That Grows With You

Finding a meaningful way to honor someone you love can feel overwhelming. A Golden Falls Eastern Redbud Treebute offers something different, a living expression of love that grows stronger with each season. It gives your hands something to do and your heart something to hold.

The act of planting creates meaning. The growth creates hope. The tree creates a place to remember.

Plant Specifications:

Bloom Time:
Spring
Botanical Name:
Cercis canadensis NC2015-12
Growth Rate Value:
Moderate
Mature Height Value:
8-10 ft.
Mature Width Value:
3-4 ft.
Sunlight Value:
Full-Part Sun
Does Not Ship To:
AZ, OR
Growing Zones:
5-9 outdoors

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What if they're not ready to plant right away?

The kit includes simple instructions to care for your tree until planting time. Many customers plant on a significant date, a birthday, an anniversary, or another day that feels right.

Is this a good sympathy gift to send someone?

Yes. A living tree is a meaningful alternative to flowers that fade. It arrives ready to plant with a personalized message, so the recipient receives a tribute they can hold, plant, and watch grow. It is a thoughtful way to turn sympathy into something lasting.

How and when does it ship?

Your kit ships ready to plant, usually within 2-4. One thoughtfully packaged kit, everything arrives together, ready to plant.

What if they are not ready to plant right away?

That is completely okay. Your kit includes simple instructions for keeping your tree healthy until planting time. Many families choose to plant on a meaningful date, such as a birthday, an anniversary, or another day that matters to them.

Is this easy to care for? We are not experienced gardeners.

Yes. The Golden Falls redbud is a hardy, forgiving tree that needs little more than the right light and watering when the soil feels dry. It requires very little pruning, and every kit arrives with a clear, step by step guide. Many people find the simple routine of caring for their tree becomes a comforting ritual.

Can I plant a memorial tree with cremation ashes?

Yes. Treebute Kits offer the option to add Treebute® organic soil blend specially formulated to safely mix with cremation ashes and help create a nurturing foundation for tree growth.

Can I plant ashes without any special soil treatment?

We strongly advise against it and doing so will void the Warranty. Planting cremation ashes directly with a tree, without proper treatment, can stress or even kill the plant. The high sodium and pH levels create conditions that are hostile to root development. If you want your memorial tree to thrive for years to come, using the Treebute Organic Soil Blend is essential when incorporating ashes.

What makes Treebute different from other memorial tree options?

Treebute is designed to be planted at home, in your own yard, patio, or indoor space. Unlike distant memorial forests where a tree is planted somewhere you may never visit, a Treebute grows right where you can see it. It becomes a gentle, living presence in your daily life.

Every kit includes a healthy tree of your choice, clear planting and care instructions, and the option to add scientifically formulated soil for safe ash incorporation. And our team understands that every memorial is deeply personal.

How is this different from having a tree planted in a forest?

Forest donation programs plant something far away and send a card. A Treebute Kit delivers a real, living plant to your door, or to your recipient's door, so it can be planted and tended at home and seen every day. It becomes part of daily life, not a distant certificate.