The Oklahoma Sparkler Redbud was selected in 2015 by Ray & Cindy Jackson in Belvidere, TN as a chance seedling of Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis). This cultivar has shown to have a more compact and upright growth habit when compared to seedling Eastern Redbuds and they have shown more cold hardiness. When compared to the Oklahoma Redbud (Cercis reniformis ‘Oklahoma’) it has shown to have larger leaves, faster growth and more cold hardiness. Before any leaves are produced in the spring, they produce beautiful, pinkish-purple flowers which in then followed by glossy purple colored heat shaped leaves. As the leaves mature they turn to a green color which remain until the fall when they turn yellow.