| Description | Kastura tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum) is a large growing deciduous tree. Can become wide spreading with multiple stems from the base. |
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| Pronunciation | (ser-si-di-FIL-um)(ja-PON-i-kum) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, tolerates some shade |
| Moisture | average to moist |
| Soil & Site | average, rich, well drained |
| Flowers | dioecious, having male and female flowers on separate trees |
| Leaves | roundish leaf, green, fall color yellow to apricot, bronze in the spring, resembles Redbud leaf |
| Dimensions | can reach over 40-60 feet tall, 20-30 foot spread, pyramidal in youth maturing to a round crown |
| Propagation | seeds require no stratification |
| Native Site | Japan |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced into cultivation 1865 by T. Hogg. |
| Misc Facts | japonicumi means 'of or from Japan', Cercidiphyllum Cercis = redbud genus and phyllon= Greek for leaf |
| Author's Notes | I have seen a few large multi stem plants and most needed to use wire cable to prevent the trunks from splitting. At Boerner Botanical Gardens (Hales Corners, Wisconsin USA) there is one large tree that is heavily cabled to prevent splitting. Even with the cables, which are hidden as the leaves unfold, it is a majestic tree. |
| Notes & Reference | #1-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson), #145-Plant Lives, (Sue Eland) www.plantlives.com |
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