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Excerpt from the plaque:
Cluster of Pagoda Trees in Changdeokgung Palace (Natural Monument)
Inside the main gate, there are eight pagoda trees (also known as scholar trees) along either side. They are collectively designated as a Natural Monument. They range from 15 to 16 meters in height and 0.9-1.8 meters in circumference at breast height (1.2 meters above the ground), and are 300 to 400 years in age.
These trees can be seen in Donggwoldo (Painting of the Eastern Palaces), which dates to around the 1830s. It is believed that they were likely planted when Changdeokgung was reconstructed after being burned down during the Japanese Invasion of 1592.
The planting of these pagoda trees recalls a scene from a Confucian text that stated, ‘Inside the main gate of the palace were planted pagoda trees, under which three ministers discussed state affairs’.
In addition to at palaces, such trees were commonly planted in Korean villages where respected scholars resided, hence the name ‘scholar tree.’
I've never noticed Japanese Pagoda Trees until this year. The tree is not a native species, it flowers in July not the spring and in autumn they produce these seed pods. This one is in Green-Wood Cemetery but the trees have also been planted as street trees.
The actual tree from which the Chongzhen Emperor, Zhu Youjian, hanged himself in the 17th century at this spot was actually replanted several times, with this last specimen being 150 years old. Also interesting is that the Jingshan park itself is an ancient artificial hill made with the soil excavated for the mound that surrounds the Forbidden City palace complex across the street.
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Fruit pods of the Alstonia scholaris tree. Some of the common names are white cheese wood, devil tree, blackboard tree and dita bark.
Pagoda Tree of Scholar Tree (Styphnolobium japonicum) cultivated outside the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, Spain. Photographed on 15 October 2014.
Native of eastern Asia - mainly China.
©© Arthur Chapman and Audrey Bendus.
Pagoda trees (Styphnolobium japonicum) are very identifiable this time of year, with their bright, chartreuse seed pods dangling from trees or leaving yellow spots in the snow. Birds love the seeds.
Pagoda Tree of Scholar Tree (Styphnolobium japonicum) cultivated outside the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, Spain. Photographed on 15 October 2014.
Native of eastern Asia - mainly China.
©© Arthur Chapman and Audrey Bendus.
The "The Guilty Chinese Scholartree" is a specimen of Pagoda Tree (Styphnolobium japonicum) located in Beijing's Jingshan park, is a famous tree and national landmark on which the last Ming emperor Chongzhen hanged himself after a group of peasants (led by Li Zicheng) successfully stormed the Forbidden City.
Sophora japonica 23W39 Chinese Scholar Tree a2- (Tree) Chinese Scholar Tree, Mature plant size: 65ft., WHITE, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Michigan Bloom Month -, In Garden Bed a2 for 207 DAYS (C3). Planted in 2023.
Missouri Botanical Garden: Sophora japonica, commonly called Japanese pagoda tree or Chinese scholar tree, is native to China and Korea, but not Japan. It is a medium to large deciduous tree that typically matures to 50-75’ (less frequently to 100’) tall with a broad rounded crown. It is generally cultivated for its attractive compound foliage and fragrant late summer flowers. Pinnate leaves (to 10” long), each with 7-17 oval, lustrous, dark green leaflets, remain attractive throughout the growing season. Leaves retain green color late into fall, resulting in no fall color or at best an undistinguished greenish yellow. Small, fragrant, pea-like, creamy white flowers (each 1/2” long) bloom in late summer in sweeping terminal panicles to 12” long and to 12” wide. Flowers fall to the ground around the tree after bloom covering the ground with a blanket of white. Flowers give way to slender, 1- to 6-seeded, knobby, bean-like pods (to 3-8” long) that mature to brown in fall and persist into winter. Although not native to Japan, the specific epithet and common name seem to recognize the early use of the tree in Japan around Buddhist temples.
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2023:
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Sophora japonica 23W39 Chinese Scholar Tree a2- (Tree) Chinese Scholar Tree, Mature plant size: 65ft., WHITE, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Michigan Bloom Month -, In Garden Bed a2 for 207 DAYS (C3). Planted in 2023.
Missouri Botanical Garden: Sophora japonica, commonly called Japanese pagoda tree or Chinese scholar tree, is native to China and Korea, but not Japan. It is a medium to large deciduous tree that typically matures to 50-75’ (less frequently to 100’) tall with a broad rounded crown. It is generally cultivated for its attractive compound foliage and fragrant late summer flowers. Pinnate leaves (to 10” long), each with 7-17 oval, lustrous, dark green leaflets, remain attractive throughout the growing season. Leaves retain green color late into fall, resulting in no fall color or at best an undistinguished greenish yellow. Small, fragrant, pea-like, creamy white flowers (each 1/2” long) bloom in late summer in sweeping terminal panicles to 12” long and to 12” wide. Flowers fall to the ground around the tree after bloom covering the ground with a blanket of white. Flowers give way to slender, 1- to 6-seeded, knobby, bean-like pods (to 3-8” long) that mature to brown in fall and persist into winter. Although not native to Japan, the specific epithet and common name seem to recognize the early use of the tree in Japan around Buddhist temples.
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2023:
www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=50697352%40N00&sort=da...
#Michigan, #49236, #usdaZone6, #Tree, #ScholarTree, #Styphnolobiumjaponicum, #Sophorajaponica, #Seed, #A2023, #23W39
Sophora japonica 23W39 Chinese Scholar Tree a2- (Tree) Chinese Scholar Tree, Mature plant size: 65ft., WHITE, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Michigan Bloom Month -, In Garden Bed a2 for 207 DAYS (C3). Planted in 2023.
Missouri Botanical Garden: Sophora japonica, commonly called Japanese pagoda tree or Chinese scholar tree, is native to China and Korea, but not Japan. It is a medium to large deciduous tree that typically matures to 50-75’ (less frequently to 100’) tall with a broad rounded crown. It is generally cultivated for its attractive compound foliage and fragrant late summer flowers. Pinnate leaves (to 10” long), each with 7-17 oval, lustrous, dark green leaflets, remain attractive throughout the growing season. Leaves retain green color late into fall, resulting in no fall color or at best an undistinguished greenish yellow. Small, fragrant, pea-like, creamy white flowers (each 1/2” long) bloom in late summer in sweeping terminal panicles to 12” long and to 12” wide. Flowers fall to the ground around the tree after bloom covering the ground with a blanket of white. Flowers give way to slender, 1- to 6-seeded, knobby, bean-like pods (to 3-8” long) that mature to brown in fall and persist into winter. Although not native to Japan, the specific epithet and common name seem to recognize the early use of the tree in Japan around Buddhist temples.
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2023:
www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=50697352%40N00&sort=da...
#Michigan, #49236, #usdaZone6, #Tree, #ScholarTree, #Styphnolobiumjaponicum, #Sophorajaponica, #Seed, #A2023, #23W39
Sophora japonica 23W39 Chinese Scholar Tree a2- (Tree) Chinese Scholar Tree, Mature plant size: 65ft., WHITE, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Michigan Bloom Month -, In Garden Bed a2 for 207 DAYS (C3). Planted in 2023.
Missouri Botanical Garden: Sophora japonica, commonly called Japanese pagoda tree or Chinese scholar tree, is native to China and Korea, but not Japan. It is a medium to large deciduous tree that typically matures to 50-75’ (less frequently to 100’) tall with a broad rounded crown. It is generally cultivated for its attractive compound foliage and fragrant late summer flowers. Pinnate leaves (to 10” long), each with 7-17 oval, lustrous, dark green leaflets, remain attractive throughout the growing season. Leaves retain green color late into fall, resulting in no fall color or at best an undistinguished greenish yellow. Small, fragrant, pea-like, creamy white flowers (each 1/2” long) bloom in late summer in sweeping terminal panicles to 12” long and to 12” wide. Flowers fall to the ground around the tree after bloom covering the ground with a blanket of white. Flowers give way to slender, 1- to 6-seeded, knobby, bean-like pods (to 3-8” long) that mature to brown in fall and persist into winter. Although not native to Japan, the specific epithet and common name seem to recognize the early use of the tree in Japan around Buddhist temples.
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2023:
www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=50697352%40N00&sort=da...
#Michigan, #49236, #usdaZone6, #Tree, #ScholarTree, #Styphnolobiumjaponicum, #Sophorajaponica, #Seed, #A2023, #23W39