Carolina Sweetheart Redbud is a deciduous small tree. It is a colorful leaf cultivar of the Canadian redbud. Unlike the common bushy redbud, it has a distinct, sturdy main trunk, giving it more of a small tree form, with branches that spread out more. Its new leaves display a rare purple-pink color in plants, making it particularly striking and unique in spring. As the leaves mature, this distinctive purple-pink gradually turns into white spots and eventually becomes green.