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Charlie[_1_] · 11-10-2005, 02:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BJ in Texas

Charlie wrote:
|| I can't find any more than online wholesale nurseries
|| offering them. Anybody in the Austin/San Antonio/Houston area
|| know of a retail source? Local nurseries haven't even heard
|| of them. Thanks.
||
||

If such a thing exists, it is likely a sport of the Texas Redbud
or
you have some local name that is not commonly used here for
something else. A botanical name would be useful.

I've seen the botanical name two ways: Cercis Canadensis Alba var. Texensis, or Cercis Reniformis Alba, var. Texensis. Here's a link I found with both; but they show the former as a white Oklahoma Redbud, and the latter as Texas Whitebud. I also found a commercial grower in Stephenville that carried them, but to the trade only.

http://www.havenyield.com/master_list.asp

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I've seen the botanical name two ways: Cercis Canadensis Alba var. Texensis, or Cercis Reniformis Alba, var. Texensis. Here's a link I found with both; but they show the former as a white Oklahoma Redbud, and the latter as Texas Whitebud. I also found a commercial grower in Stephenville that carried them, but to the trade only.

http://www.havenyield.com/master_list.asp