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wheel tree

Trochodendron aralioides
Trochodendron aralioides

wheel tree

USUAL HEIGHT and WIDTH
2-4m x 1.5-3m
LEAVES
evergreen broadleaf
SIZE/TYPE
taller shrub		 COLOUR OF LEAVES

green
BLOOMING TIME
June - June
LOCATION
full to partial sun		 FLOWERS
less showy but noticeable
USDA zone (lowest)
6   (down to -23°C) 		COLOUR OF FLOWERS

light green
WINTER PROTECTION
for zone 5+6
Code of winter protection zone 5+6
for zone 7
Code of winter protection zone 7
 Belongs to categories
Evergreen broadleaf
Rarities
SIZE and PRICES
form container size size quality price (incl. VAT) where in stock sending options quantity
STANDARD
 CHLUMEC BY POST
STANDARD
 CHLUMEC BY POST
De Luxe
 CHLUMEC BY CAR
THE PRICES INCLUDE VAT of 9%. For quick conversion you can use 1 CZK = approx. 0.04 EUR

 



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GLOSSARY

  • STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
  • DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
  • EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
  • STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
  • SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
  • HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
  • FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
  • GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
 DESCRIPTION

Wheeltree is an extraordinary evergreen piece from the East (Japan, Korea, Taiwan). It is special for its spirally arranged, gently crenate leaves. They are broadly ovate to elliptic, up to 12 cm long, salmon pink as they emerge, changing through coppery to dark green in summer. They are glossy. Older plants are decorated with panicles of tiny bright green flowers in early summer.

Its natural shape is broadly columnar to somewhat rounded large shrub or a small tree. It likes slightly acidic soil with plenty of humus. The soil should be moist but never too wet. Sunny location will form a nice shape, in shaded areas it will look leggy. Pruning not recommended. Slow growing. Experienced hardiness to -24°C (USDA zone 6).

Last update 16-06-2009