This medium sized tree has a solitary greyish fissured trunk with spreading branches that form a rounded to conical crown. It has dull dark green lobed leaves and the large pink bell-shaped flowers appear in a dense cluster from early to mid summer.

Hardiness zones 9 to 11 

Brachychiton discolor is naturally found in Australia from south-eastern Queensland to north-eastern New South Wales growing along the coast in a dry or occasionally wet rainforest from sea level to an altitude of 548 m (1,798 ft). 

It prefers a sunny to partially shaded protected position and grows in deep organic rich moist sandy to clay loams that are tending acidic with a pH 6-7.5 and is drought and mildly frost tolerant.

The Lacebark Tree is a grown for its flowers and foliage. It is planted parks or rainforest gardens along watercourses or boundaries for screening and is used in street plantings tolerating atmospheric pollution or coastal salt laden winds.

It is suitable for coastal and low mountain regions establishing in 3-5 years and is long-lived. Under cultivation it tends to grow smaller up to 10m (30 ft) tall but may have a slow growth rate and due to its non-invasive roots it is used around homes. ID 3303

Brachychiton (brak-ee-KY-ton) discolor (DIS-koh-LOR )

Malvaceae (mal-VAY-see-ee)
Cotton, Mallows and Hollyhocks