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Stenocarpus sinuata, Firewheel Tree

Very showy in flower, this would make a nice shade tree to accent any landscape. Leaves are variable from simple and not lobed to highly dissected and lobed.

This plant can be grown as a multi-trunk tree for use in highway median strips and in landscapes, or can be used as a single-trunked street tree where there is not a need for tall-vehicle clearance beneath the crown. Vehicular clearance under the canopy is possible with properly trained from an early age to develop one main trunk. The effort required initially to train this tree for street tree use, however, may be offset by its advantages.