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Saturday, October 26, 2019

Gardening tips: plant katsura, the candyfloss tree

Visit Tom Hart Dyke’s World Garden and keep plants moist once the central heating goes on

Plant this A tree that smells like candyfloss? This is the secret superpower of the katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); as well as smelling divine, the leaves flame orange, red and yellow before falling. Stands 20m when mature; for smaller plots, katsura ‘Boyd’s Dwarf’ gets to about 3m each way.

Visit this The World Garden of modern-day plant hunter Tom Hart Dyke, at Lullingstone Castle in Kent, is delightfully eccentric: the plot is laid out like a map, with plants arranged by region. Visit tomorrow for a Halloween event, including tours by Tom himself.

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