{"id":2863,"date":"2012-04-01T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2012-04-01T16:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=2863"},"modified":"2012-10-08T20:39:25","modified_gmt":"2012-10-09T00:39:25","slug":"katsura-tree-comes-home-to-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2012\/04\/01\/katsura-tree-comes-home-to-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Katsura Tree Comes Home To America"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2864\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Cercidophyllum-japonica1-4.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2864\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2864\" title=\"Cercidophyllum japonica1 (4)\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Cercidophyllum-japonica1-4-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Cercidophyllum-japonica1-4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Cercidophyllum-japonica1-4-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Cercidophyllum-japonica1-4.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katsura Tree at Chanticleer Garden near Philadelphia, PA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Katsura tree (<em>Cercidophyllum japonicum<\/em>) is a large 50-60 feet tall tree from Japan and China.\u00a0Katsura became extinct in North America during the Pleistocene Age and\u00a0was re-introduced in 1862 by botanist Thomas Hogg. It is truly a beautiful tree, yet is still rarely planted.<\/p>\n<p>Katsura is hardy in zones 4-8. It\u00a0prefers a moist well-drained, compost-rich soil in a full sun to partial shade setting. Katsura\u2019s annual growth rate\u00a0 is medium to fast, and develops either single or multi-trunked.<\/p>\n<p>Spring foliage is unique,\u00a02-4 inch wide circular leaves edged with\u00a0tiny round -edged teeth. New leaves emerge reddish purple, quickly turns matted green, then\u00a0to blue green in summer, and\u00a0muted yellow-orange in autumn.\u00a0On a cool late September morn\u00a0the maturing Katsura foliage fills the autumn air with a cinnamon-like\u00a0fragrance. Katsura is dioecious, an individual tree either male or female. The latter\u00a0forms\u00a0tubular seed capsules which disperse\u00a0thin circular winged seeds on a windy\u00a0October day.<\/p>\n<p>Nursery stock is predominantly\u00a0balled and burlapped (b&amp;b), but container grown trees are becoming more available. Most full service garden centers can order it for you\u00a0or\u00a0purchase\u00a0one on-line.<\/p>\n<p>Katsura requires ample space\u00a0such as in\u00a0large residential lots, public parks, golf courses, and commercial properties. Foliage stays pest free.<\/p>\n<p>Katsura cultivars abound starting with \u2018Amazing Grace\u2019, an exquisite weeping form with exceptional blue-green foliage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katsura tree (Cercidophyllum japonicum) is a large 50-60 feet tall tree from Japan and China.\u00a0Katsura became extinct in North America during the Pleistocene Age and\u00a0was re-introduced in 1862 by botanist Thomas Hogg. It is truly a beautiful tree, yet is still rarely planted. Katsura is hardy in zones 4-8. It\u00a0prefers a moist well-drained, compost-rich soil [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,674,774,862,623,729,630,113,950,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2863"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2875,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863\/revisions\/2875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}