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Hey guys, it's Bailey with TN Nursery, and today I'm showing you our Eastern Redbud seedlings. These are a native tree. They grow from Florida all the way up to Canada. They're a beautiful tree with stunning foliage. The foliage is heart-shaped and it is purple when it first comes out, then it fades to green, and then in the fall it's a golden yellow color. They bloom in early spring and the flowers are— it just takes over the tree. They're— it's pink, it's beautiful. But the flowers are also edible. People around here use it to make teas and jams, and they're sweet. And the seed pod, when it's young, they drop their seed pod in summer, but when it's young, it's edible too. They're a great woodland tree. They're perfect to attract bees, especially bumblebees, for early nectar, which is very important. They help with soil erosion. They grow about 30 feet tall with a similar spread, about 30 feet wide. They provide birds with seeds during the, you know, winter months with their seed pods. The seed pod gets ready about summer, and then, you know, it'll hang around for birds. And it symbolizes renewal and rebirth in many cultures. It's naturally drought tolerant. Once it's established, it lives to be about 75 to 80 years old, probably longer if you take care of it really good. It plays an important role in an early food source for wildlife. It's historically used by Native Americans for both food and medicinal properties. It's been around for as long as, you know, you know, we've been here, and it's a very important tree to have in your landscape. It grows in zones 4 through 9. It's a very hardy and stunning tree.