Cercidiphyllum japonicum 'ROTFUCHS' katsura tree
size/type
taller shrub,taller shrub
usual height
3-6m
usual width
1-2m
leaves
deciduous broadleaf
colour of leaves
flowers
insignificant or non-blooming
location
full sun
soil type
acidic (peaty)
soil moisture requirements
evenly moist (dislikes drought)
USDA zone (lowest)
4 (down to -34°C)
winter protection
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
categorized
Description of the plant:
Katsura tree is native to China and Japan, and thanks to its versatility it has found many fans among both professionals and general gardening public. It is a deciduous shrub or very rarely a tree (uneasy to train it into a tree with one central leader). Rotfuchs means Red fox and it is a special variety which brings an extra colour to your spring garden. Its leaves emerge rich burgundy red and remain so for a month or two before hot sun makes them turn dark olive green. If grown in very acid soil they change to bright golden yellow and cream yellow in autumn. Their shape changes during the season, too. Young leaves are narrowly ovate, while mature foliage is almost rounded or widely heart-shaped. They are decorated with conspicuous veins and serrated margins. Rotfuchs grows slower and narrower than green-leaved katsura tree. New growths are strictly upright, and not very long lateral branches become almost horizontal with age. It requires no pruning at all for a nice shape, though, it may be pruned to be kept smaller. Or, if you desire to see its red leaves again in summer, you can prune it lightly in early July.
Grow katsura tree in humus-rich, evenly moist but well-drained, acid or neutral soil, preferably in full sun. If placed in a position sheltered from strong winds it will keep its coloured autumn foliage remarkably longer (just like witch hazel). Hardy to about -34°C (USDA zone 4).
Last update 27-05-2013
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- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
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- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
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- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
