Texas Redbud
Cercis canadensisHills guide picknative · Hill Countrysold locally
Texas Redbud is a tree native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 10–15 ft tall and 15 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water. Blooms purple in spring. Good for birds.
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The facts
10 sources- Type
- Tree
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3–7 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 10–15 ft
- Spread
- 15 ft
- Bloom
- Spring · purple
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Recorded on dry, limestone, well drained
- Deer
- Low — deer eat it; cage or plant where they cannot reach. Young trees browsed; cage until established
- Wildlife
- Supports birds
Size, sun, water and foliage from the Village of the Hills guide; the rest resolved across sources.
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau WoodlandNorthern Blackland PrairieFloodplains and Low TerracesLimestone Cut Plain
3,321 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Sold at local nurseries. Confirmed in stock at a Central Texas grower in these sizes:
3, 5, 7, 15, 30, 45, 65, 95 gallon
From the growers we read so far — a short list, not the whole trade. Call ahead.
also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.