Despite the "red" in the name of these flowering specimens, Eastern redbud trees exhibit a pinkish-purple bloom, as the photo shows....
David Beaulieu
Photo of Eastern redbud trees.
As Eastern redbud trees come into bloom in the spring, their bear limbs appear to "fuzz up." It is at this time of year that Eastern redbud trees earn their billing as one of the landscape's most graceful flowering trees.