Trees
An elegant, medium to large, deciduous tree with grey bark on the trunk and dark-brown to grey bark on the branches, which weep at their tips. Rare in cultivation, the tree can reach 20m (66ft) high when mature. It bears attractive, bronze-purple and green new leaves in spring, maturing to green in summer and turning a rich orange-red in autumn. The green, male and female catkins are produced separately on the same tree in April. After fertilisation, the female flowers develop into hop-like clusters in late summer to autumn, containing winged seeds that disperse on the wind when ripe
Position
Full sun, Partial shade
Soil Types
Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
Max Height
Higher than 12 metres
Max Spread
wider than 8 metres