Scientific Name
Trochodendron aralioides

Common Name
Wheel tree

Hardiness Zones: 6-8
Habit: Evergreen
Growth Rate: Slow
Site Requirements: Sun to shade; moist, well drained soil; needs protection from wind; tolerate wet soil but not drought
Texture: Medium
Form: Broad spreading shrubby habit; horizontal branching
Height: 10 to 20’
Width: 10 to 15’
Leaf: 3 to 6" alternate, simple leathery leaves; new growth is red to bronze; bronze green fall color
Flower/Fruit: Bright green flowers on erect racemes in late spring; follicles in clusters
Comments: Casts light shade
Cultivars: --
 



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