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We have redbuds in California, too! Cercis occidentalis http://www.laspilitas.com/plants/191.htm
I WISH they self-propagated here! We love their pretty blossoms in the spring and the soft looking foliage.
I have seen western redbuds that have naturalized in the Santa Monica Mountains, but they don't seem to propagate. They aren't native to this area. Someone must have planted them but they are fending for themselves now.
Kelli, we have one bush that is about 4-1/2 feet and one that is about a foot high after four years. I'm going to try some more when we have a little shade for the early growth. Our soil sas really disturbed when we moved here, so some things grew and some didn't!
LOVE the pictures in the link; that butterfly is beautiful. I haven't seen too many butterflies this year...hope your Redbuds continue to grow for you.
I need some advice on my redbud tree. We are in La Jolla, CA (north end of San Diego). In March of this year, we planted a redbud tree on our front bank. It started out well with watering 4 days a week, 7 minutes each day. Then the leaves began to look burned on the ends and began to drop, so we cut back to 3 days a week, 5 minutes each day. It is getting worse, with the leaves turning yellow, burned on the ends and mostly all dropping off. The tree is in full sun all day and is about 2 miles from the ocean. Oddly enough, another redbud (planted 2 years ago) on the same bank, same watering schedule is thriving. These are both one of the Western redbuds...either Mexican or Oklahoma redbud. Any helpful suggestions?
You might try calling either Tree of Life Nursery in San Juan Capistrano or Las Pilitas in Escondido. Or email from their web sites. They should be able to give you some tips. I'm not familiar with planting in your area at all.
When we plant our natives, we water like crazy at planting - I'm talking LOTS of water - then a couple of times a week for a couple of weeks. After that they go on an infrequent water regimen, depending on their needs. If they make it, they stay, if they need lots of water, they don't. We plant natives to avoid large watering bills and lots of pampering, so we are hard on them. We probably have some stunted plants because of it, but with over an acre, we just can't be fussy. Most of them do just fine.
That was going to be my advice exactly; contact someone locally and see what is happening w/ Redbuds in your area.
Or, contact your Master Gardeners in your area.
Everything is relative to where u live when it gets down to what exactly is happening.
Hope all does well with your tree. Why don't you try talking to it and COMMANDING it to live? (Seriously, I've tried this...has worked sometimes...everything responds to sound.)
