I'd say probably not time will tell.And if you have not read stuff here before be aware a sapling ( seedling) may or may not be the same as the mother tree and likely will not be an exact match...it may look totally differnt and you won't know for several years. Grafting,air layering, rooting (good luck), or other such DIRECT techniques are the only way to get an exact match. David

Right, David, because grafting preserves the cultivar, but letting a tree seed on its own brings about variation in the species. I got that. But the sapling looks a lot like the momma tree now.

I guess time will tell. But I've been lucky before -- I transplanted an eastern redbud last fall and it's now growing -- and everyone has told me that transplanting a redbud is risky at best -- so I'll take my chances.

I've never had trouble with red buds they always seem to "take" for me... and I think if your JM hadn't been man-handled it probably would have been ok too..but I doubt it will but hope it does.. an older tree "properly" trasplanted in summer often looses it's leaves and puts on new ones but a pulled out bare root youngster ...well I wouldn't hold your breath but anything is possible..David