Brachychiton Populneus

Price:

$110.00 (including GST)

Common Name:

KURRAJONG

PLEASE NOTE: Orders are by full tray only. Each tray contains 40 plants. When ordering, please choose how many trays you would like.

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE:

1. Spreading rounded shrub growing 1–4 m high and wide

2. Branchlets yellow or reddish, minutely hairy

3. ‘Leaves’ grey-green, 1.5–5 cm long, 3–7 mm wide, radiating around branchlets, variable in shape

4. Bright golden ball flowers in heavy clusters at branch ends; flower stalks stout, with minute golden hairs; flowering April to October

5. Seed pods straight or curved, 5–10 cm long, 4–9 mm wide, dark brown at maturity, may have a whitish bloom
This tree is short and stout reaching 10-12 m with intresting greenish bark.
Produces white bell shaped flowers from Spring to early Summer amongst large leaves of varying shapes.
It can become semi decidious in early summer.

WHERE IT GROWS & WHY:

Will tolerate very dry conditions in most soils from clay fertile to rocky hilltops.
Known to be moderately drought tolerant.
Fire Resistant.
Usually frost resistant.

MANAGEMENT/SIGNIFICANCE:

Image Source: Hotchkiss, R via Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG)

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