Best Judas tree UK
Updated: October 2026
Best Judas tree UK only makes sense once you name the job. None of the five amazon.co.uk listings in this set is a flowering garden specimen, a named Bodnant cultivar, or a patio-sized Avondale. The [Judas tree comparison](/hub/trees-and-palms/judas-tree) lines up one sapling and four seed packets by price, species and reviews. This page states who each row is for, who should skip it, and one conditional pick if you must check out here. Products Compared checked listings on 19 October 2026. There was no lab germination test. Affiliate links may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.
Best Judas tree UK only makes sense once you name the job. None of the five amazon.co.uk listings in this set is a flowering garden specimen, a named Bodnant cultivar, or a patio-sized Avondale.
Best Judas tree UK only makes sense once you name the job. None of the five amazon.co.uk listings in this set is a flowering garden specimen, a named Bodnant cultivar, or a patio-sized Avondale. The Judas tree comparison lines up one sapling and four seed packets by price, species and reviews. This page states who each row is for, who should skip it, and one conditional pick if you must check out here. Products Compared checked listings on 19 October 2026. There was no lab germination test. Affiliate links may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.
Our top picks
| Badge | Product | Species | Form | Reviews | Note | Price | Offer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best overall |  SAFLAX SAFLAX Judas tree seeds (60) | Cercis siliquastrum | 60 seeds | 3.1 from 100 | 4.9 | about £4.55 | View offer |
 Akplants Judas tree sapling (Cercis siliquastrum) | Cercis siliquastrum | Sapling, 12 in | 3.0 from 3 | 7.1 | about £12.50 | View offer | |
| Best value |  Ipsa Ipsa Chinese redbud seeds (10) | Cercis chinensis | 10 seeds | No reviews | 5.7 | about £2.96 | View offer |
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What best can mean in this set
Best here cannot mean the finest Judas tree in Britain. The RHS and Gardeners' World discuss cultivars and mature sizes that these ASINs do not sell. Best can mean the only living Cercis siliquastrum plant, the cheapest way to try a named Cercis species from seed, the packet with the most buyer text, or the eastern redbud row if you wanted Cercis canadensis on purpose. It cannot mean guaranteed germination, a purple-leaved Forest Pansy, or flowers next spring.
If you need a tree that can anchor a border within a few years, every Amazon option here is the wrong tier. UK nursery listings on the day we checked started around £34.99 for a three-litre Cercis siliquastrum and rose into three figures for large Bodnant pots. Treat those as the market for a flowering tree, and treat this grid as starting material only. Criteria and nursery context sit on the Judas tree buying guide.
The only living plant
The Akplants sapling (B0D7M4M146) at about £12.50 is the sole plant in the set, and the top pick if you want Cercis siliquastrum as a living plant. It is listed at twelve inches, outdoor, spring bloom, loam soil and moderate water, with 3.0 from three amazon.co.uk reviews. That score is weak for a long-lived purchase, and the sample is tiny, but no other row delivers a rooted Judas tree species plant at all.
One UK review described a green arrival followed by death after the plant was kept indoors in dampish soil with indirect light. The listing says outdoor use, which matches Gardeners' World and RHS advice: this is not a houseplant. Another review called the plant very small and suited to bonsai. That is one buyer's scale experiment, not proof the title is a bonsai product. Bullets claim hardy in the UK and grown from seed in Norwich.
Choose it if you have outdoor drainage and you accept years before serious flowering. Skip it if you need more than three reviews, if you cannot plant outdoors immediately, or if you expected a multi-litre nursery tree.
The seed packets
SAFLAX, sixty Cercis siliquastrum seeds (B00NOTPDGU) at about £4.55, is 3.1 from 100. UK and European reviews mostly report no germination. One UK buyer in 2022 said both methods failed and the seeds looked old and mouldy. Another counted about fifty seeds. That review count is a large sample of failure stories. Consider it only if you already know how to treat Cercis seed and the price is disposable.
Thirty Ipsa siliquastrum seeds (B09Z7XSPR6) at about £9.56 had no reviews and half the seed count of SAFLAX. Fifteen Cercis canadensis seeds (B08P25CVHP) at about £4.42 are eastern redbud, despite Canadian Judas tree on the title. Hayloft notes that species is slightly smaller and often suits dappled shade. Ten Cercis chinensis seeds at about £2.96 are the best value row: the lowest price, and a smaller species with an RHS ultimate height of about 2.5–4 m. Species seed is not Avondale.
When to leave Amazon
Leave this marketplace if your definition of best includes AGM cultivars, known germination, or a tree that can flower while you still live at the same address. Bodnant on Cercis siliquastrum and Forest Pansy on Cercis canadensis are nursery cultivars. Seed packets in this set will not become them. Northern or exposed gardens should also weigh Hayloft's young-plant frost advice and Gardeners' World's milder-UK note before treating any packet as the whole plan.
If you must buy Cercis siliquastrum as a plant from this grid, the sapling is the only option: twelve inches, about £12.50, 3.0 from three, and outdoor planting from day one. If you must buy seed and you accept review evidence, SAFLAX has the only large text sample, and that sample argues against reliability. The Ipsa rows are unreviewed. If you wanted eastern redbud on purpose, B08P25CVHP is the species match. For the naming split, read Judas tree vs eastern redbud before you buy.
Common questions
Which listing is the best Judas tree on amazon.co.uk here?
The only Judas tree plant is the sapling at about £12.50. None of the listings is a flowering specimen. They are starts.
Is the sapling better than the 60-seed packet?
For species Cercis siliquastrum as a living plant, yes. There is no other plant. For money spent and germination odds, the packet is cheaper, but review texts favour failure.
Why not the cheapest packet?
The cheapest is Cercis chinensis, not Cercis siliquastrum. The cheapest Judas tree species seed is SAFLAX at about £4.55, which is not the same as best.
Does a high review count make SAFLAX the pick?
No. One hundred ratings with texts mostly saying nothing germinated is a warning, not a recommendation.
Is Bodnant in this comparison?
No. It is a cultivar sold by nurseries, not these ASINs.
Who should skip every Amazon option and buy a nursery tree?
Anyone who needs size, a cultivar name, or flowers on a horizon measured in a few years, not about fifteen from seed.
Can I treat the eastern redbud packet as the best Judas tree?
Only if you accept Cercis canadensis as your goal. The English name is misleading for Cercis siliquastrum shoppers.
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Sources
Public UK sources used for this comparison. Listing prices, stars and review counts are the amazon.co.uk figures saved for this set on 19 October 2026.
- RHS: Cercis siliquastrum (retrieved 19 October 2026)
- RHS: Cercis canadensis (retrieved 19 October 2026)
- RHS: Cercis chinensis (retrieved 19 October 2026)
- BBC Gardeners' World: how to grow a Judas tree (retrieved 19 October 2026)
- BBC Gardeners' World: Cercis siliquastrum (retrieved 19 October 2026)
- Hayloft: how to grow Cercis (retrieved 19 October 2026)
- GOV.UK: issuing plant passports in Great Britain (retrieved 19 October 2026)
- Oxford Plants 400: Cercis (retrieved 19 October 2026)