The Oklahoma redbud tree is a staple in the Sooner State, and the rain coming right in the middle of the budding season only makes it better. The state tree typically begins blooming in March and ...

Maimee Lee Browne led effort to make the redbud Oklahoma’s state tree. Though I grew up traipsing the woods of the Piedmont, April must not have been a month that attracted me on those hikes ...

Back in 1937 a lady named Maimee Lee Robinson Browne headed up the Oklahoma City Beautification Committee and championed the Redbud. She petitioned Governor E.W. Marland to recognize it officially.