they are the dame species plant ...

if thats a small pond.. i would move it out of there.. they are very easy to move with proper timing.. heres the link.. see section one.. and that is probably right around leaf fall.. and probably all winter for you

https://sites.google.com/site/tnarboretum/Home/planting-a-tree-or-shrub

the trick is.. do it when the tree is dormant.. and then you dont have to worry about losing the leaves.. and wasting energy on regenerating them ..

cersis canandensis.. or some such ...

the one i had that came with the house had a 1.5 foot trunk.. was about 18 feet tall. and 25 wide .. ergo.. it will wreck the pond in 20 years ...

it died not long after.. they are what we call.. short lived trees ...

but it did leave hundreds of seedling all over my yard.. yippee.. thats sarcasm..lol

ken

Most wild redbuds I've seen are pretty. That said, I tend to notice pretty trees in the woods, so if there was one with brownish flowers, I wouldn't have noticed it. In general, American natives have been subject to less selection and breeding that plants native to Europe or Asia, so I'd assume that a wild redbud was likely to be pretty.

Native Eastern Redbuds are beautiful when they bloom in the Spring, either singly or in a group. I'm surprised you haven't seen them blooming in your area. I like native trees in general, and Redbuds are a favorite of mine. Eastern Redbuds are understory trees, usually growing at the edge of an area of woods where I live. Here's a website that will tell you more:

https://www.plantingtree.com/blogs/gardening/eastern-redbud-facts

@ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5, those pics are two separate trees, and both are in VERY bad spots so I'll have to move them. They've been coming up wild for years, and I always thought it was just another greenbrier or something! LOL I could never get them to pull out, so I've just been hacking them off.

But now I've cut back a lot of wild trees and I'm bringing in smaller fruit-bearing or ornamental trees, and I was seriously about to buy an Eastern Redbud!!!! LOL It's awesome to have two of them already here :-D

@woodrose77, I'm sure that I've seen them and just mistook them for something else. I'm only just now learning about trees, so I'll recognize the common wild trees (pine, oak, maple, beech, birch, and poplar) but only just now learning to recognize crape myrtles, black cherry, wild plum, witch hazel, and now Eastern Redbud :-)

So thanks for all of the info!! I guess I'll wait a few more weeks, then dig 'em up and move 'em!