Red-Violet (Expanding foliage is reddish-purple; leafs out early in the spring); Green (Bluish-green summer foliage); Orange (Distinctive foliage turns apricot (yellow to orange-red) in the fall)

Stem Notes:

Brown (slender, swollen at nodes, brownish, glabrous)

Fruit Notes:

Brown (Pods that mature brown; not ornamentally important; Fall)

Ultimate Height:

40-60 feet

Ultimate Spread:

40-60 feet

Bloom Times:

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Light Requirements:

Soil Notes:

Fairly adaptable to soils and climates, except those that are very dry; does best in moist, well drained, slightly acidic soils

Range:

Japan

Maintenance:

Low 286

Diagnostic Characteristics:

Opposite (or sub-opposite) leaves are heart-shaped (2-4" long) with crenate-serrate margins, and produced on spurs. Leaf undersides are more whitish (glaucescent). Senescing leaves smell cinnamon-sweet. Reddish 2-scaled buds. Terminal bud absent. Nodes swollen.

Ecological Functions:

Pollen and/or Nectar Producer 292

Special Characteristics:

Additional Information

More hardy once established than when young. A striking specimen tree, useful for partial shade and accent. Unusually free of insect problems. Leafs out early in spring. Forms multiple trunks unless pruned. Does not transplant well. Not very drought-tolerant, particularly after transplanting.

Plant Photo Gallery

Overall Tree in Summer

Leaf

Bark

Emerging Flowers

Winter Interest

Bark

Buds

Seed Pods

When Cercidiphyllum japonicum has been observed flowering or fruiting at Purdue University

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9 Cercidiphyllum japonicum found

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= Heritage plant = Memorial plant

Number	Accession ID	Location
1	2013_00742*A	MANN
2	ORIG_2802*A	STEW
3	ORIG_1301*A	PSYC
4	ORIG_4329*A	TARK
5	ORIG_4347*A	WILY
6	ORIG_1091*A	MEMMALL
7	2010_11349*A	MANN
8	2023_00720*A	UC
9	2023_00817*A	HILL