Zones 16, 17, 20-24
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Moderate
Stenocarpus sinuatus
Firewheel Tree
Proteaceae
Evergreen, Trees
From Australia. This evergreen tree grows slowly to 30 ft. tall, 15 ft. wide. Shiny deep green leaves are lobed and grow to 1 ft. long on younger plants, but are unlobed and smaller on mature plants. Tubular, 2 to 3 in. scarlet-and-yellow flowers are arranged in clusters like the spokes of a wheel. Flowering peaks in early fall, but plant can bloom at any time. Flowers sometimes emerge from the bark of the trunk.
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