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Family: Fabaceae
Mid-Atlantic bloom time:
March - May
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe:
June - November
The Eastern Redbud is a showy early bloomer that grows well in shade. In addition to its usual purple-pink flowers produced on stems, it can also produce flowers directly on mature trunks and branches, a habit termed "cauliflory".
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20 June 2014
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA 
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24 April 2015
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA 
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24 April 2015
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA 
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24 April 2015
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA 
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28 March 2016
Centreville, VA (showing cauliflory flowers on branch) 
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28 March 2016
Centreville, VA (showing cauliflory flowers) 
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20 June 2014
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA (ripening seed pods) 
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