Botanical Name: Brachychiton discolor (Sterculia platanifolia)
Common Name: Pink Flame Tree
Type of Plant: dicot: tree
Character deciduous (spring)
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape an upright, usually single-trunked tree, with ascending and spreading branches, forming a broadly pyramidal canopy that becomes more rounded with age
Height 20'-50'
Spread 2/3 to equal
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun preferred; tolerates partial sun at inland locales
Soil well-draining loam soils; avoid poorly drained clay
Hardiness some frost (zones 16-23): thrives in warm coastal locations
 
Morphology:
Leaves palmate, alternate (often crowded towards branch tips); 3-5 lobed, sycamore-like, 6"-12" long and as broad; petioles are 2"-6" long
Flowers pink, bell-shaped, 1/4"-1/2" long, in terminal 3"-6" panicles
Fruit a follicle; 2"-4" long, dark brown
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
an accent tree for its flowers and foliage; used as shade
 
Landscape Care:
Watering regular preferred if drainage is good
Fertilizing balanced, in late spring
Pruning head high when young if access under canopy is desired
Pests/Diseases relatively free
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: China
Family: Sterculiaceae

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