@Dorcascents I had heard of a Katsura tree, then during lock down I visited a large garden on a sunny autumn day. There was a smell in the air of burnt toffee, I knew immediately that there must be one nearby. I looked it up and returned a few weeks later and found two next to each other. It is something I will never forget and I can remember the smell now as I am typing. @Marlorena I just wondered if you could give your thoughts on a rose called Warm Welcome if you read this please.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
The katsura flowers are not really very noticeable, and I've not noticed a scent from them. But the spring foliage is beautiful, almost pink, and then the leaves turn green for the summer. The incredible toffee apple' scent (I think candyfloss, or sugar burning on the stove) comes in autumn. When the leaves begin to turn colour and the nights get cold or frosty then the scent comes from the leaves. They turn gold, orange, even red on some soils and then fall making a lovely carpet beneath the tree. So it is bare in winter. But a stunning sight in spring and autumn.
Woodgreen, that tree is magnificent. If mine grows that tall, I'm in trouble. Ha! Ha!, Ha!. I look forward to the seasonal changes, and not bothered about the bare branches in the winter. Gardener Suze,i love the look of the rose 'Warm Welcome' such a beautiful colour and would fit in well with other plants i have.It is a contender. Thank you
@Woodgreen The smell from the Katsura was on the air, it was a warm still day and you could smell it over a large area. When I returned to the garden the two trees were not in the same area and I had to look around for them. I guess it is the same as sweet box.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
Yes, the scent can travel a long way from the tree. When I eventually mow the leaves and add them to the compost bin or leaf bag, it's very concentrated, but I like it when it's just caught on the air, it's one of those things to enjoy at the end of summer, usually late September and through October here. We saw one featured in a garden on Gardeners World about forty years ago, then started to notice them in other gardens and always hoped to plant one if we ever had the space.
Thankfully it hasn't succumbed to honey fungus which is widespread here, and Storm Arwen left it unscathed, but took two lovely big trees from the bank just behind the katsura.
The Katsura in the garden I visited were in a valley and protected from strong winds which is probably why the scent {if you can call it that] was so strong. Katsura is a lovely word to say too!
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
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So it is bare in winter.
But a stunning sight in spring and autumn.
Gardener Suze,i love the look of the rose 'Warm Welcome' such a beautiful colour and would fit in well with other plants i have.It is a contender. Thank you
We saw one featured in a garden on Gardeners World about forty years ago, then started to notice them in other gardens and always hoped to plant one if we ever had the space.
Thankfully it hasn't succumbed to honey fungus which is widespread here, and Storm Arwen left it unscathed, but took two lovely big trees from the bank just behind the katsura.
Took me years to learn where the 'i's and the 'y' go.
And I just googled to be sure!