Japanese Tree Heart Shaped Leaves
In spring heart shaped leaves emerge reddish purple changing to blue green as they mature.
Japanese tree heart shaped leaves. Katsura flowers are tiny white and insignificant but the foliage has a strong brown sugar aroma in fall which adds to the tree s appeal. The leaves are heart shaped to oval and will be up to 20 cm 7 8 in long. The purple flowered tree has round seedpods and the white flowered tree has long string bean type seedpods. In autumn the color display changes again as leaves turn clear yellow or apricot color.
The leaves can be mistaken for those of the catalpa. They are both quick growing trees with large heart shaped leaves. The foxglove tree paulownia tomentosa also called empress tree princess tree and royal paulownia is native to china and cultivated in usda zones 5 through 9 although it is also naturalized in the southeast this deciduous tree sports very large heart shaped leaves up to a foot long with a velvety texture and fragrant drooping tube shaped flowers of vibrant purple in mid spring. The major difference to the casual observer is that one has purple flowers in spring while the other has white flowers in early summer.
Here are six images of heart shaped leaves. On young growth the leaves may be in whorls of three and be much bigger than the leaves on more mature growth. A small tree not more than 10 m tall. Its foliage offers an array of color throughout the year.
The katsura tree native to japan makes an excellent specimen or shade tree in midwestern landscapes. Leaves larger up to 8 cm long and 5 5 cm broad. In fall the heart shaped leaves take on autumnal tones of gold orange and red before they fall from the tree. Seed winged at both ends.
An interesting fact about katsura trees is that the botanical name translates to red leaf. Katsura is grown as an ornamental tree for its delicate heart shaped leaves and.
