Beautiful landscape tree valued for its brilliant scarlet-purple color to new foliage, maturing to maroon.
Flower Description:
Extremely showy rosy-pink-purple pea-like flowers explode from bare twigs in early spring before the trees leaf out. They bloom in clusters of up to 10 flowers.
Fruit Description:
The fruits are followed by flattened dry bean pods (to 2-4” long) that mature to brown in summer. Each pod has 6-12 seeds. Pods may remain on the tree into winter.
Zone: 5 to 9
Height: 20.00 to 25.00 feet
Spread: 25.00 to 35.00 feet
Bloom Time: March to April
Bloom Description: Reddish-purple