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Stenocarpus sinuatus, Firewheel Tree is flowering

Eric in Orlando

By Eric in Orlando
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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Stenocarpus sinuatus, Firewheel Tree, is native to rainforests of NE Australia. It is one of the few Proteaceae that will grow here in central Florida. This tree is at Leu Gardens and is flowering for the first time. It was planted back in Oct. 2001 and is now about 20ft tall.

The tree next to it in the first photo is our Rainbow Gum, Eucalyptus deglupta. It has grown to about 60ft tall.

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Eric

Orlando, FL

zone 9b/10a

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Looking good, Eric.

Does Disney/Epcot make use of this tree? Would expect it to do well on more neutral-acid soils of Central FL.

Biggest FL tree I think I recall is the one at Broward Extension office in Davie.

SoCal and SoFla; zone varies by location.

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Yes, Disney has some at Animal Kingdom and there are a couple larger ones at the Polynesian Resort.

There is a very nice flowering specimen at Flamingo Gardens near where you wait for the tram tour.

Eric

Orlando, FL

zone 9b/10a

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Gonzer Grand Master

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We've got a big 'un here in the town I work that really puts on a show. It's only about 1/4 mile from the ocean.

 

 

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I have one in Puerto Rico that keeps being shaded by an exuberant Heliconia. It's not yet bloomed but with your lovely photos, I can't wait. Mine came from a vendor selling at a botanical garden sale in VA where it would be killed in winter.

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I have one that flowers pretty much non-stop, and is absolutely covered with flowers in the fall. Then I have one that looks like crap all year. No idea why such the stark difference. Great specimen, Eric!

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They are awesome trees, I wish they were planted more in FL.

Eric

Orlando, FL

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Great specimen Eric, one of my all time favourite Australian rainforest trees :)

Andrew,
Airlie Beach, Whitsundays

Tropical Queensland

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As I roared through the little village of La Habra in the Trucklet of Terror I saw this one, planted as a street tree right outside a trailer park.

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Here are the blossoms and seeds.

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Dave, that is a small one to be flowering, or is it stunted from trailer trash peeing on it on the way home from the bottle shop ?? :mrlooney:

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Dave, that is a small one to be flowering, or is it stunted from trailer trash peeing on it on the way home from the bottle shop ?? :mrlooney:

Well, I don't think most of the senior citizens who live in that park are much up to peeing on the tree. :bemused:

Interlopers like me still might . . . . :winkie:

Looking closely, I think it was planted with a sleeve around the base that's restricting its growth.

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Mine's blooming for the first time. It's about 15 feet tall and narrow. I planted it when it was about two feet. For a rainforest tree, it's very drought tolerant.

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