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Nursery Direct
Japanese Pagoda Tree
Sophora japonica
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
Supplied in 45Ltypically 1.5 to 2.5m tall on delivery
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Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
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After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Japanese Pagoda Tree - Sophora japonica
The Japanese Pagoda Tree is a broad, round headed deciduous tree for a large garden, planted for shade through the warm months and, once mature, for blossom late in the season. Sophora japonica (now correctly Styphnolobium japonicum) carries fine, dark green pinnate leaves and long sprays of creamy white pea flowers, and it has a long record in streetscapes, parks and large private gardens. Its seeds and bead like pods are toxic if eaten, so site it away from play areas where children or dogs might chew fallen pods.
Why Japanese Pagoda Tree
Broad Spreading Canopy: Casts wide, filtered summer shade across lawns and outdoor living areas from a crown that broadens steadily with age.
Late Summer Flowering: Sprays of creamy white blossom open in late summer, when most trees have long finished, though young trees usually take several years after planting to reach flowering age and the display grows heavier from then on.
Balanced Crown: Develops a short, sturdy trunk and an even, rounded head that sits well in formal and contemporary designs alike.
Urban Tolerance: Handles heat, dry spells, compacted soil and polluted air once established, conditions that shorten the life of many larger shade trees.
Longevity: A long lived tree that keeps gaining scale and character over decades, so it suits a position planned for the long term.
Ideal Applications
Lawn Specimen: A single tree for an open lawn, arrival court or formal landscape, given room to reach its full 8 to 12m spread.
Avenue Planting: Its even, rounded crowns repeat well along a long driveway or boulevard, set back from pale paving and parking bays where late summer flower drop can mark surfaces.
Shade Canopy: Scaled for acreage, large residential outdoor areas and commercial courtyards that want summer shade with winter sun.
Street Frontage: Set well back from the house on a large block, it frames the front boundary and stands up to the reflected heat of a street or paved forecourt.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (feature/avenue): 8 to 12m
Best Planting Season: Late autumn to early spring, once the leaves have fallen; as container grown stock it can also go in through spring with regular watering
Soil & Drainage: Adaptable to most well drained soils including clay loam, loam and sandy types, but not waterlogged ground. It is a temperate tree that performs best with a distinct winter, so it suits Sydney and the elevated or inland districts of South East Queensland better than the humid, frost free coast.
Establishment Care: Water deeply and regularly for the first two to three years until fully established, then reduce to supplemental watering during prolonged dry periods. Apply a layer of mulch around the root zone to retain moisture and suppress weeds, keeping it clear of the trunk.
Plant Details
Height: 10 to 15m
Width: 8 to 12m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Deciduous, turning soft yellow before leaf fall
Light: Full sun
Native to: China, long cultivated in Korea and Japan
Flower Colour: Creamy white
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







