Cercidiphyllum japonicum – Katsura Tree
November 15, 2009 by Linda
Filed under Plants in Our Garden
Cercidiphyllum japonicum or the Katsura Tree is an amazing tree, not only for it's bright autumn colours but it does something extraordinary. As it drops it's leaves in autumn it smells of candy floss.
If you have not smelt this tree in autumn you are missing out on something quite special.
I have a small specimen in a large tub in my garden and when I open the doors to go outside this amazing smell hits me for a few days each year.
I was visiting Dunham Massey about two weeks ago and as I turned a corner I smelt the tree before I saw it, it was a great specimen with fantastic autumn colour along with the candy floss smell. Wonderful.
I've never seen this tree in my local garden centres so I bought mine online, this week I notice that Gardening Express have it on offer for half price! It is supplied in approx. 10 litre container and is approx. 120-150cm. The cost is currently £14.97, I don't know how long this offer will last so click here to order yours now.
If you do buy this lovely plant, get in touch next autumn and let me know what you think of it.
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I can not believe what great value this plant is from Gardening Express. After reading you post about their offer I phoned them up, and ordered one. It’s arrived within a couple of days, and it is a lovely size 4-5ft, nice and strong – I would have only got a weenie one for that from any garden centre. thanks gardening register for letting us know about this. I will check your blog every week, especially for any offers you pick up on from gardening express, did you have the inner scoop on this one coming up?? I don’t think they will be offering something like this indefinately at such a great price. thanks once again gardening register and gardening express!!!
Thank you for your nice comments. I always try to keep on top of good value plants and gardening products which I can pass on to my readers so keep watching this space. You could always follow me on twitter to keep up-to-date with my latest posts. http://twitter.com/GardenReg. Kind Regards, Linda