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Old 22-Aug-2007   #3
AlainK
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You're right, it's definitely a 'Koelreuteria paniculata Laxm.'

I've got one in my garden, so it's hardy to at least zone 8.

Very nice autumn colours. I usally trim back the year's shoots in July (more than 1 metre long!) and it backbuds profusely.

I'm planning to pot one of the many seedlings around, but like Rhus typhina, not much of a chance to get something decent with this tree: the leaves are too large, and cuttings are difficult to heal.

Goes well in a pot though, the one in my garden comes from a seedling I left in a pot for several years before finding the right place to plant it.

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