Flame Tree Brachychiton acerifolius 20 Seeds

The Illawarra flame tree (Brachychiton acerifolius) is one of the most spectacular red-flowering trees in the world. Native to rainforest areas from Illawarra to Cape York on Australia’s eastern coast, it can be a giant tree in the wild, towering over the surrounding forest. In the summer months there, this flame tree loses all of its leaves and completely covers itself with bright red flowers, creating a spectacle visible for many miles. It is smaller in cultivation. It is an excellent choice for a tropical look, growing to an eventual forty to fifty feet tall with a spread of twenty to twenty-five feet. Its six- to ten-inch, bright, glossy green leaves are deeply lobed on young plants (its species name means “maple-like leaves”) and shallowly lobed to oval on older trees. It has a stout trunk and main branches covered in a gray, wrinkled bark. Although its blooming habits in cultivation can vary from year to year, the Illawarra flame tree usually blooms in late spring or early summer