Description | Amazing Grace Kastura Tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum pendulum Amazing Grace) is a Graceful weeping form of the Kastura Tree. |
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Pronunciation | (ser-si-di-FIL-um) (jah-PON-ih-kum) |
Plant Type | Trees Deciduous |
Hardiness Zone | 4 |
Sunlight | full, mostly sunny |
Moisture | average, avoid dry |
Soil & Site | average. avoid dry |
Flowers | flowers before the leaves |
Leaves | rounded leaves, bronzy in spring, to green, turning red, orange and yellow in autumn |
Dimensions | spreads 15-25 feet, grows wider than tall |
Propagation | basal or semi hardwood cuttings |
Native Site | Species native to Japan and China. |
Cultivar Origin | Originated as a seedling in the nursery of Jess Eliot in Indiana. Introduced by Theodore Klein of Yew Dell Nursery, Crestwood, Kentucky in about 1960. |
Notes & Reference | #253-The Tree Book (Micheal Dirr, Keith Warren) |