Mexican redbud, Cercis canadensis var. mexicana, is found in West Texas, New Mexico, and northern Mexico. ... Redbuds are attractive landscape specimens as they are a small tree, ...

The Mexican or Texas redbud is a tad smaller tree common to the Chihuahuan Desert of Mexico and the drier parts of southwestern Texas. Their differences are probably cosmetic.

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The Eastern redbud has showier blooms but has more trouble surviving our long hot, often dry summers. Often hidden in a similar location in the shade tree border is a leaning hedge of Mexican buckeye.

FORT KNOX, Ky. — Members of the Natural Resources Branch handed out approximately 500 white flowering dogwood, Eastern redbud and Shumard red oak tree seedlings at the Main Exchange in honor of ...