Cedrela sinsensis Chinese Cedar Toon water plant

Cedrela sinsensis Chinese Cedar Toon water plantCedrela sinensis Chinese Cedar Toon is a striking deciduous tree prized for its brilliant spring foliage and elegant, upright form. New growth emerges a vivid salmon pink, softening to creamy yellow, then maturing to rich green through summer before turning golden in autumn. The old bark peels off in long strips, adding year round interest. In mid summer, dense drooping panicles of small, fragrant whitish flowers appear, attracting bees and other

Its fine-textured foliage and ornamental bark make it equally at home in formal gardens

Frost and drought tolerant once established

Highly valued for formal hedging and topiary

The new foliage is a soft pink colour - adding a colourful contrast to the more mature

A little slowdown and some browning leaves

it bursts into brilliant deep pink to red bottlebrush flowers tipped with golden stamens

arching stems laden with four-petalled pink flowers that flutter like butterflies in the slightest breeze

For best fruit set

spreading form

showy flowers

this deciduous giant provides glorious shade through the summer months

but it will develop into a rounded shrub