Object of the Week: The Japanese Katsura tree in the quarry gardens of Northumberland's Belsay Hall

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This week we bring you an unusual, sugary-smelling Japanese tree making a brief appearance this autumn

This unusual, yellow-to-copper tree comes from Japan and is just one of the many trees at Belsay Hall, in Northumberland, signalling the start of autumn in colourful style.

There are three Katsura trees in the gardens. It gives off an evocative candy floss scent for a short period of time in the only quarry garden in the north of England.

The hues are spectacular elsewhere at Belsay at this time of year – visitors can see the brilliant white bark of Betula utilis Var. jacquemontii at the quarry entrance, and the red-leafed Euonymus provide rich colour underneath a massive towering Beech.

Aralia also gives colour along the fern walk, opening to the meadow area surrounded by magnificent specimens of Persian Ironwood with Cornus kousa. The unique Katsura has stiff competition.

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Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art539347-object-of-the-week-belsay-hall-katsura-tree-northumberland