(SOF-oh-ruh juh-PON-i-cuh)
Japanese Pagoda Tree
It is a deciduous, broadleaf, perennial tree. Medium growth. Gets 20-40ft. tall and 20-40ft. wide. Likes sun. Hardy to 0 degrees.
This tree is widely distributed in tropical and temperate regions, found mostly in dry valleys and woodland, and on rocky slopes of hills and mountains. They are cultivated for their elegant, alternate, pinnate leaves and racemes or panicles of pea-like flowers, with upright standards or with all petals forward-pointing. They like long hot summers.