Re: Brachychiton indoors

I agree with Moira Ryan about Brachychiton populneus, probably not a highly shade-tolerant species.
 
But many other trees from Australia's subtropical rainforests are very shade-tolerant in their juvenile stages, and can make attractive indoor foliage plants. Three that should be internationally available are:
    Brachychiton acerifolius
    Cupaniopsis anacardioides
    Castanospermum australe
The only proviso is that they should not be subject to minimum temperatures below about 5 deg. C, except briefly overnight when they might survive 1 or even 0.
 
----- Original Message -----
From: f*@xerijardin.com
To: m*@ucdavis.edu
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 10:00 AM
Subject: Brachychiton indoors

Hello,
 
I am working on a project that requires indoor trees and I wonder if any of you has any experience with growing Brachychiton populneus as a container tree indoors (to be more specific, in a mall). I was thinking of a container of at least 1 cubic meter. Will it hold its leaves in the "winter" or it will behave as an evergreen? Any other trees you would use (besides the ubiquitous Ficus benjamina, lyrata, elastica,...)? One of my choices is Howea forsteriana, but I want something else.
 
Thanks,
Fran
 
Madrid, Spain
 
 
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