red or magenta?

Redbud trees are a little bit of novelty here in the north. They have not always been hardy here, but they are now. Even the magenta color of the buds is a little out of place in the North. We don’t have much of what I would call “tropical colors” among our native species. Which makes really stand out. I can’t decide if that is a good thing or not.

Eastern redbud blossoms (Cercis canadensis)