These trees make horrible bonsai trees. The branches are brittle and the leaves are huge. It does back bud pretty well.I have trimmed off a bunch of the lower branches and it budded higher up. the reason I got this tree is for it's flowers. it's one of the first trees to flower.The flowers pop out everywhere, including the trunk.
I got this tree in late spring it was probably too late to re-pot it, but I did. It bounced back pretty well. I didn't disturb too much of the root ball. next spring it's going to get a good root pruning.
Lance, even with the fact that red buds are brittle, have large leaves and long branches, I can't help but think that their spring flowers on bare twigs would save them! Yours has a beautiful root base to start as well. So after 5 years, what does this tree look like? This season, I planted redbud seedlings and twisted them up before they got brittle. As pre bonsai, they look pretty interesting so far. Lani
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