katsuratree

Weekend Wonders I: From Violet Jelly to Further Frost Bytes chatfield.1@osu.edu Mon, 05/18/2020 - 18:22
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. From violet jelly, to the invasive Paulownia tree, to further examples of this season's May frost.
Published on
Authors
Jim Chatfield
Home Is Where The Heart Is..And The Lungs, and Toes, and... chatfield.1@osu.edu Fri, 05/15/2020 - 06:58
It is the season of our own inner and outer landscapes, Wake up and (hopefully) smell the coffee and enjoy what is close to our plant-loving hearts.
Published on
Authors
Jim Chatfield

Regal Katsuratrees

Katsuratree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum) is one of my favorite trees, providing an array of foliar colors throughout the season and a sometimes elusive, but wondrous aroma of crème brulee on fallen Autumn leaves. I could go on and on, but it is better to hear from the master.

Michael Dirr in his “Manual of Woody Landscape Plants” writes of katsuratree: “New leaves emerge a beautiful reddish purple and gradually change to bluish green in summer; fall color varies from yellow to apricot...leaf is shaped like a redbud (Cercis) leaf...the senescing (fall-coloring)...

Published on
Authors
Jim Chatfield