Cercidiphyllum Species, Katsura Tree

Hi
I have just recieved my young tree approximatly 18ins tall.
It is now the middle of October in the North of the UK and a...Read More frost forcast tonight should I

A. Re-pot and keep in the cold frame untill spring?

B. When the frost has passed plant the tree outside in its perminant location when the small tree has gone dormant.

Thank you for any advice never purchased a tree this small.
Billy
UK

This is a beautiful tree. Did a lot of research on this tree and was intrigued. Planted 2 earlier this spring (1 about 5 ft & the other...Read More about 9 ft) and they're both thriving. The 9 ft one has significant growth on it already. Looking forward to seeing it in the fall! Live north of Baltimore.

I planted one a couple of years ago after reading how it survived in cold climates. My zone is a 4, on the fringe of 5. It was doing fa...Read Morebulous - growing 2-3 feet a year. This spring, new leaves emerging, then suddenly the whole top half has died off. The bottom half seems to be struggling. We have had an incredibly cold spring - the only thing I can think of is it came out of dormancy and got hit by the cold. I don't want to give up on it yet but with the main branches looking the way they are I don't have a lot of hope.

I planted a young sapling a few years ago and am finding it extremely slow growing. In its defense, however, it is planted in a field wi...Read Moreth no irrigation so is pretty much on its own. I do admire its features and am hoping it will have a growth spurt soon (perhaps the roots were getting established).

There is a fully mature, beautiful specimen of this by Morgan Hall on the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Campus.

The Katsura is a pleasant surprise. Almost a shock. I'm in SE Georgia (zone 8) and this tree has done the best out of anything else thi...Read Mores year so far, new or old. Totally flourishing. Beautiful with perfect leaves. Regardless of my pest issues on some of my other plants, I hardly ever see a single leaf on this tree either chewed on or with those squiggly trails burrowed. This tree will attract ants, as I believe it may have some sugar content but I've never noticed any damage actually done by these ants.

This Katsura has been in the ground about 2 1/2 years and it's about 8 ft tall....probably added 3 ft just since April. I planted it at a young 12-18 inches. This tree required about a year to truly adapt. In truth, it didn't seem to be completely healthy through one year (even thought to be dead at one point) but it is making up for it this year.


I'm going to plant some of the seeds it produces this fall and maybe I can have a few more of these going.

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We stayed at a Marriot in Portland this past summer. They had beautiful mature Katsura trees all along the front of their buildings. Th...Read Moree landscaping company who planted them was "Pacific Northwest". Their website is "nwclassics.net" I bought 3 katsura's and planted them on the East side of our home.

Cercidiphyllum japonicum KATSURA TREE Dec (z5) (Bon,Fra lvs)
The wonderful "secret" of this large wide-spreading shade tree is th...Read Moreat its heart-shaped lvs, reddish when young, turn yel-or in fall & emit the delightful fragrance of caramel--an added touch of magic for fall. S/M

We had a fabulous specimen in our yard in Vancouver, BC. We have moved to Bowen Island, and I have just found a hitchhiker in my pots - ...Read Morea Katsura seedling. The seeds germinated frequently in the garden under the tree. I am trying to find a site for it, but our property has thin soil cover, with a lot of exposed bedrock or forest.

Re: Seed collection
There are several Katsura trees in and around Smith College in Northampton, MA. At this writing (mid-August),...Read More the trees are sending out green seed pods in clusters which brown and split and release flat brown seeds.

This plant is listed as poisonous in a number of references.

This is an elegant shade tree for those who want something a little different. The leaves are heart shaped, with a red tint in the sprin...Read Moreg, and the tree is pleasing to look at as a speciman any time of the year but the unusual quality of this tree is it's fall scent. When the leaves begin to fall the tree emits an odor described as caramel, burnt sugar or cotton candy. Cultivars of the tree have been grown for over 300 years in Japan.

Katsura grows in cold areas much more little than where it's originally from (Japan.) There it might grow up to 40 metres high. It grows...Read More well also in Finland, so it should grow in US zones 4-5, maybe even zone 3.

The leaves have very nice sweet scent when they are falling onto the ground. It's like a sweet candy, sugar, gingerbiscuits, etc.