Re: Brachychiton? Re: Another mystery tree

Thanks, Moira,

If Brachychiton requires a dry winter and spring, that answers why it 
hasn't flowered (although 30 years from a seed isn't unusual - I've 
had rhododendrons take that long to flower).  I'm sure the roots are 
outside the greenhouse, so there's nothing I can do about keeping it 
dry in the winter, which is when we get all our rain.  It might have 
flowered if I'd kept it in a pot.  Too late for that, now, and it 
doesn't look like the sort of plant that would root from a cutting. 
Maybe I could try air-layering.  Back when I had a mist system for 
rooting rhododendrons, the nearby fig tree grew long roots on a large 
branch closest to the mist.

Diane
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