Scientific name: Trochodendron aralioides

Common name:  wheel tree

Family name: Trochodendraceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone:

Mature height and spread: 2-6m tall and 2-4m wide.

Form: very filled out.

Water use: Moderate

Soil requirements: well-drained

Leaf arrangement: Simple. Whorled

Fall colour: none

Flower/cone/fruit description: Fruit in clusters on tips. Spokes on each fruit leftover from flowers; star shaped flowers.

Limitations: not good in small spaces.

Suitable uses: large residential tree. Very adaptable.

Quick ID: Evergreen. Tree. Japan. Clustered arrangement (leaves for rosettes). Simple. Whorled branches. Horizontal branches. Every leaf a different size. Serrated only on tip. Smooth leaves (no hair).