Enjoy the sights and smells of the autumn season - the scarlets of acers, along with the distinctive candyfloss smell of the
Katsura tree as its leaves turn to gold.
It has its own smells too: ripe fruit, wood smoke and, mingling with them in my garden, the aroma of toffee apples from one of my favourite trees, Cercidiphyllum japonicum, the
katsura tree.
Portions of the elegant gardens that surrounded the 29-room mansion exist today, featuring a weeping beech, a Japanese
katsura tree, American yellowwood and a prize-winning cherry tree.
The
katsura tree, cercidiphyllum japonicum, glows amber in twilight against the almost black bulk of cupressus macrocarpa.
By Adrian Higgins WASHINGTONAuKathleen Williams invites me to sit with her on a bench beneath the
katsura tree she planted years ago.
5 PATTO PLANTS ARE CHOSEN After building up the beds with compost and topsoil, Leanne plants a weeping
katsura tree ("for its scale and beautiful leaves") and clematis ("for the lovely blooms it brings to fences and walls").
deodora Deodor cedar Celtis occidentalis Common hackberry Cercidiphyllum japonicum
Katsura tree Cercis canadensis Eastern redbud Cornus alternifolia Pagoda dogwood C.
The other plant that's a surefire winner is the
Katsura tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicum.
The massive
katsura tree shading the Grace Church rectory is said to be so valued by Amerstites that, in case of fire, they will save the tree even if the church has to burn.
A feast for all the senses, breathe in the sweet caramel scent of the Japanese
Katsura tree or aromatic North American yellow birch.
Belsay Hall gardener Jo Harrigan, with a
katsura tree, which smells like candy floss in the autumn Belsay Hall gardener Jo Harrigan, with a
katsura tree, which smells like candy floss in the autumn Paul Norris
It has its own smells too: ripe fruit, wood smoke and, mingling with them in my garden, the aroma of toffee apples from one of my favourite trees, Cercidiphyllum japonicum, the
katsura tree. As it begins to perfume the air, simultaneously its elegant rounded leaves change to soft amber and pink.
katsura tree - rapidly growing deciduous tree of low mountainsides of China and Japan; grown as an ornamental for its dark blue-green candy-scented foliage that becomes yellow to scarlet in autumn