| Growth Habit: |
Deciduous tree
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| Dimensions: |
9-15m x 10-16m
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| Flower: |
Brilliant lavender blue bell-shaped in terminal panicles clusters, 15-20cm long with 40-80 flowers per cluster in Dec-Jan.
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| Climate: |
Very frost sensitive when young (4-5 years). Can grow in dry inland areas.
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| Fruit: |
A capsule
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| Propagation: |
Seed, cuttings
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| Horticulture Use: |
Good street tree, specimen tree with a spreading habit, shade tree. Parklands and gardens. Avenue tree, e.g. Grafton, NSW
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| Culture & Maintenance: |
Young trees best pruned to shape to form a single trunk, no pruning after development of trunk at 2-3m tall. Rich, well-drained, sandy soil in a sunny position.
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| Foliage: |
Compound bipinnate leaves, opposite, dark green-fern-like, leave fall Sept
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