A protest against making the redbud the state's official tree touched off a skirmish among club women and sent Oklahomans scurrying to their dictionaries, encyclopedias and Bibles in 1937.

How do I plant redbud trees? Once it's time to put your new redbud in the spot you've chosen, here's what you'll need to do: Dig a hole about two- to three-times as wide as the container it came in.

Aside from Merlot, there are a few other dwarf redbud varieties that are appropriate for limited spaces, like ‘lavender twist’ and the Chinese redbud tree. USDA Zone: 6 to 9 ...