Botanical Name: Cercis canadensis 'JN2' ' The Rising Sun'
Type: Tree
Family: Fabaceae
Zone: Hardy to USDA Zone 5 (
Height: 2-3m (6-10ft)
Spread: 2m-3m (6-10ft)
Bloom Time: April
Bloom Description: Pink-lavender
Light: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Suggested Use: Street Tree, Flowering Tree
Flower: Showy
Leaf: Colorful, Good Fall
Attracts: Butterflies
Tolerate: Deer, Clay Soil, Black Walnut, Drought
A small tree with golden-orange new leaves that then turn a lime green during summer. Pink-lavender flowers appear before the foliage in early spring.
