Toffee AppleTree - Cercidiphyllum japonicum 'Katsura'

A truly spectacular autum display of blazing leaves and the gorgeous smell of toffee apples!
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3 x 9cm Pots - SKU: 511297
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Key Features

  • A simply beautiful, ornamental tree. Perfect for any garden.
  • Incredible heart-shaped green leaves that turn shades of yellow, purple, and red in autumn.
  • Foliage releases a sweet toffee apple fragrance when it drops in late autumn.
  • For the best displays, plant in acidic soil in a sunny spot.
  • Supplied as 3 x established plants in 9cm pots, ready to plant out growing to approx. 5m (15ft) in 10 years.
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Description

Few sights and smells will stop you in your tracks quite like those of a Katsura, or 'Toffee Apple' Tree, in the middle of autumn.

An elegant, ornamental tree with heart-shaped green leaves that turn shades of yellow, purple, pink and red before falling to the ground and releasing a distinctive and alluring fragrance that is remarkably similar to fairground candy floss or sweet toffee apple - hence its name. Heavenly!

Fully deserving its coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven garden performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience. You can therefore plant this in the garden with confidence and it will return year after year getting bigger and better for many years to come.

The Katsura Tree will grow to around 5m tall across a decade, eventually reaching an immensely impressive 15m, so should be planted where it has room to really show off. It will do well in either a really sunny spot or light shade, so for a superb display of autumn colour, plant in moist, well-drained soil. A perfect specimen tree, plant Katsura for reliable pleasure, year after year.

Supplied as a set of three established plants in 9cm pots, ready to plant.

Top Tips
The Katsura tree is a moisture loving plants and should be kept regularly well-watered until established (3-4 years). During this time, remove all competing weeds and grass which will take moisture away from the roots.
Care Information

Planting Advice:

  • Select an appropriate spot with enough space to allow your Katsura tree to grow. Slightly acidic soils will promote better leaf colour.
  • Dig a hole twice the width of the roots, forking over the bottom to loosen the soil, then add some good quality fertiliser, compost, or well-rotted manure. We've found that a square hole is better than a round one as the new roots, once they reach the edges tend to grow in a circle round the circumference of the hole whereas when they reach the corners of a square hole, they find it easier to grow through.
  • Plant at the same depth as the tree was in its pot.
  • For all trees, use our Tree Planting Kits – including stakes, rubber ties and Mycorrhizal fungi, which is proven to aid tree growth and development.
  • Push 40cm of each stake into the soil next to each tree. Make a figure of eight around both the trunk and stake with a tie and fasten it off. Spread Mycorrhizal granules in contact with the roots when planting.
  • Holding the tree upright in position with one hand, slowly backfill the hole with soil, so the soil falls back around the roots.
  • Compact the soil around the plant with your heel to ensure good contact around the roots and water in well.
  • Mulch around the base of the plant with a collar, compost, gravel, bark etc. 

Aftercare Advice:

  • Best in full sun to grow well, in well-drained, fertile, and slightly acid soils.
  • Established trees are largely trouble free.
  • Apply a balanced fertiliser such as fish blood and bone in late February.
  • Keep plants well-watered for at least 4 years and remove all competing vegetation.
  • A mulch of well-rotted compost around the base of the tree will help to retain moisture. 

Pruning Advice:

  • There is no real need to prune the toffee apple tree as it does not respond well to hard pruning - just trim back any branches that have been damaged by frosts in late spring.
Delivery Information

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. Pre-ordered items will be sent as soon as possible after the date quoted and we'll generally ship your entire order with your pre-ordered items. When your order is dispatched, we'll send you another email with details of how to track it.

Most orders are sent on a fully-tracked courier service with Yodel. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, no signature is required, and our courier is asked to leave your order in a safe place on your property.

We'll send a tracking link when we dispatch your order, so you know when its due to arrive. Please note, once delivered we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your property. If you have any specific delivery instructions, please let us know - there's an option to enter a short message for the courier at the checkout.

Smaller, lighter, single-item orders may be sent through the post with Royal Mail - in which case no tracking is available.

Our experienced nursery team will always send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive when you plant them, so although most plants are very tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme frosts or heatwaves, we avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme weather is forecast, or over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

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