Queensland Bottle Tree - Brachyiton Rupestris - Exotic Bonsai Tree - 5 Seeds Seed Starting They are native to many

They are native to many parts of the globe

but phylogenetic studies have shown that the two families are not closely related and they are maintained as separate by the APG

The plants are also known as knopies (buttons)

are pink to purple and can appear in clusters or be solitary

growing to a length of 1

Queensland Bottle Tree - Brachyiton Rupestris - Exotic Bonsai Tree - 5 Seeds Seed Starting They are native to manyThe Australian Bottle tree, Brachychiton Rupestris, is a semi deciduous tree growing to 20 metres in the wild. Its dominating feature is the swollen bottle like trunk. Foliage is variable, the juvenile leaves are compound with between 3 and 9 linear leaflets. Upon maturity the leaves are simple, narrow lanceolate, up to 10 cm long. It is a flowering tree, but the flowers are small and somewhat insignificant. It is frost hardy and will take most