Propagation
Sow seed when ripe in a prepared bed or stratify seeds in a moist sandy soil, then place in a shaded position. Seedlings should be transplanted the following year.

Take soft tip cuttings of non-flowering shoots during summer.

General pruning information
These trees require little pruning. Remove dead or damaged branches during summer and pruning during winter should be avoided as it can encourage silverleaf disease. Spring pruning may give rise to sap bleeding.


Botanic information
Leaf: The yellow-green leaves are ovate to oblong and are up to 90mm (3˝in) wide. The underside of young leaves has tufts of hair in the vein axils and the margin is finely serrated with some pubescence. During autumn the leaves turn orange-gold yellow before falling and is a feature of the tree.

Flower: The slender pendulous male catkins appear during autumn and open during spring, with the new leaves. The upright female catkins are downy and up to 25mm (1in) long with no stem. They disintegrate when producing seed in early summer.

Fruit: The catkin scales are deciduous from the main axil when releasing the winged nutlet. The seeds are viable but the plant may be reproduced vegetatively.