This tree has a broad columnar or clumping habit with slender brown stems. It has dark green divided leaves that turn yellow during autumn and the green to white cup-shaped flowers appear in pendant sprays during mid-summer. The young red foliage is eaten as a vegetable.

Hardiness zones 6 to 11 

Toona sinensis is naturally found from eastern and southern China to  south-east Asia growing in woodlands. It is a variable plant that prefers a well-drained organic rich moist soil in a open sunny position and is drought tender but frost resistant.

Chinese Toon is grown for its attractive spring foliage and autumn colour and is planted in medium to large gardens as a specimen or for summer shade. It is also grown as a clumping screen plant for cool mountain regions establishing in 3 to 5 years. The cultivar 'Flamingo' forms a clump habit with suckering growth. ID 1414

Toona (TOO-na) sinensis (si-NEN-sis)

Meliaceae (me-lee-AY-see-ee)
Rosewood and Mahoganies