| Description | A smaller tree that can be used in woodland gardens. |
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| Pronunciation | (kar-PI-nus) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | (4)5 |
| Sunlight | part shade to shade |
| Moisture | prefers moist, average |
| Soil & Site | organic rich, average |
| Flowers | tiny greenish, spring, separate male and female catkins |
| Fruit | cigar shaped seed pods, nutlet |
| Leaves | green, heart shaped, doubly serrated |
| Dimensions | 20-30 feet can get larger (H), rounded growth form, slow growing |
| Native Site | Japan, Korea, China |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced into cultivation around 1879 at the Veitch Nursery in England. (#93) |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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