Pink Heartbreaker Weeping Redbud Tree – 7 Gallon Pot (4.5-5.5′)

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A tough but beautiful variety of our North America native Redbud tree, ‘Pink Heartbreaker’ is a superior weeping selection in many ways. A faster grower than other weeping cultivars, at 10 to 12 feet tall and 8 to 10 feet wide its larger size makes for a more impressive specimen in medium to larger size landscape spaces. It has stronger weeping branches that become covered in vibrant rosy lavender-pink flowers before the foliage emerges in spring. Immediately following the spring bloom, the new leaves emerge in a copper color transitioning to richer dark green. They have the typical large heart-shape of the species but hang downward along the weeping stems for a calming waterfall effect. Highly adaptable, heat and cold tolerant (-20F), and easy-to-grow in most any well-drained soil and sun or partial shade, Pink Heartbreaker is a spectacular specimen around patios and other outdoor sitting and living spaces where its flowers, foliage and form can be enjoyed from close up. USDA Zones 5a-9b

Pink Heartbreaker was discovered by Don Eaton as a chance seedling growing in a field of upright-growing redbud trees at Eaton Farms. It was July and therefore a terrible time to dig and relocate a redbud tree, but the field was being ed for replanting so Don moved the weeper to his home. Barely surviving due to the bad timing, only one branch leafed out the following spring, but fortunately that was enough to begin propagation and get the plant into production. Don’s wife Kathy named the tree ‘Pink Heartbreaker’ because it had nearly died and broken their hearts.