Cercidiphyllum japonicum | Japanese Katsura Tree - Height 140-220cm - 20lt 5ft-6ft | 1.6m-2m deepening to a vibrant burgundy

deepening to a vibrant burgundy in summer

making it ideal for understory planting or container gardening

even in less-than-ideal conditions

more resilient plants

and rockeries in British gardens

Cercidiphyllum japonicum | Japanese Katsura Tree - Height 140-220cm - 20lt 5ft-6ft | 1.6m-2m deepening to a vibrant burgundyCercidiphyllum japonicum is a medium sized, deciduous tree with ovate to round, densely branched crown, smooth bark that becomes grooved as it matures, and oval, sometimes heart shaped, blue green leaves, bronze when young, yellow, orange and red in autumn. The fallen autumn leaves smell like cinnamon, burnt sugar or ripe apples. Tiny, inconspicuous, fragrant, reddish flowers bloom in spring before the foliage. Cercidiphyllum japonicum grows best in