x Chitalpa tashkentensis - Chitalpa avenue Its large three lobed glossy

Its large three lobed glossy green leaves turn to a bright red and orange in Autumn

In autumn white berries appear that last on the shrub well into winter

A white berried form on the Purple Beautyberry

Rarely grown here in Australia

A native to the hills and mountains of Japan

x Chitalpa tashkentensis - Chitalpa avenue Its large three lobed glossyThis small deciduous and unusual tree is a intergeneric hybrid between Catalpa bignonioides and Chilopsis linearis. It was breed at the Botanical Garden of the Uzbek Academy of Science in the then USSR (now Uzbekistan) in 1964 for what ever reason best left to Soviet scientists (almost has a dystopian vibe to it). However it is quite hardy and its flowers are gorgeous.