Why Plant Midnight Express™ Redbud?
This is what happens when a redbud decides to dress for a night out. The foliage emerges and settles into deep purple, often reading nearly black, bringing serious drama to the garden in the best possible way. Then spring shows up with bright pink blooms along the branches, and suddenly you’ve got that high-contrast look designers love, without needing a complicated planting plan or a landscaping degree.
It’s a small tree with big presence. The dark leaves make everything around it look brighter, greens look greener, whites look cleaner, golds look electric. If your landscape needs a “statement piece” that still feels refined and easy, this is the move.
How to use Midnight Express™ Redbud in the landscape?
Use it as a focal point near an entry, in a front yard bed, or beside a patio where the dark foliage can be enjoyed up close. It’s especially effective against light siding, brick, or stone, where the leaves read even darker and the silhouette looks crisp. Plant it among softer textures like ornamental grasses and flowering perennials to balance the bold foliage, or pair it with gold and chartreuse shrubs for a high-contrast, design-forward palette. In layered borders, place it slightly behind lower mounded shrubs so the canopy floats above, giving you depth, structure, and color without crowding the space.
How Does Shipping Work?
Bower & Branch Trees, the real BIG trees, don’t fit in a box! Our big trees, sizes XL and bigger, require expert delivery and care, that means our extra-large trees are shipped on Bower & Branch trucks. We are the only ones who know how to ship our big and bigger trees and plants with tender loving care. We deliver your trees and plants directly to you. Ask Bower & Branch about planting services – we'd be happy to assist in installation.
*For Big trees and Shrubs, Size XL and bigger: Review our Seasonal Shipping Timelines and Policy here.
Your trees and plants are grown across the United States at various Bower & Branch Growers. Depending on your location, your plant orders may be shipped from various locations. Please expect orders with multiple items to be delivered over a number of days as a result. Orders made up of numerous items or selections will not arrive at your home on the same day.
Shipping Delays:
From time to time, Bower & Branch Growers may determine to delay order shipment based on various factors for plant health. Weather in your region, as well as, where your plants are grown, is always considered when shipping. Extreme weather conditions may delay some or all of your order. Bower & Branch allows our Growers to make final shipping decisions based solely to benefit your trees and plants’ health and success.
How Does Sizing Work?
The size of our trees have nothing to do with the container size like you may find elsewhere–big doesn't mean just height - it’s also vigor, age, and overall health. Other online retailers are going to tell you that a plant is a seven gallon, that means nothing to your tree or plant (or you.)
Our trees for sale online are graded on large, x-large, and even bigger sizes. This is because our trees are sized by their age—the higher the letter, the more mature the tree. The age determines the trees’ overall height, size of the trunk and the overall branch density.
All of these characteristics are what you should be looking for when choosing a tree for immediate impact and instant curb appeal. Our extra-large tree and plant sizes are sure to wow you and your neighbors!
See the size guides below.
