The small rounded leaves of the katsura tree are constantly changing with the seasons minute red flowers extend along the naked branches in spring before the young foliage unfurls to reveal a beautiful shade of bronze pink the leaves slowly colour to bright green with maturity until autumns approach sees them turned to a vibrant gold and orange cercidiphyllum japonicum forms an attractive often multi45stemmed tree this rhs agm variety makes a fabulous specimen tree for a woodland sett