Firmiana platanifolia seed

LATIN NAME: Firmiana simplex

COMMON NAME: Chinese Parasol Tree

The Chinese parasol tree raises its large, palm-shaped, deciduous leaves and the small, greenish-yellow flowers in the open clusters, and the whole tree carries the fine, bold, broad look of the warm garden. The broad, fast-growing, deciduous tree carries the large, palm-shaped, deeply lobed, bright-green leaves with the long stalks and the small, greenish-yellow flowers in the large, open, terminal clusters through the early summer, one of the fine, bold sights of the warm garden, drawing the bees, to be followed by the small, round, woody follicles with the few wrinkled seeds along the margins. The smooth, green bark has a very long record as the fine, straight, smooth bark of the old avenues, and the tree is a fine, historic presence of the warm garden. It is a tree of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The Chinese parasol tree is a historic subject of the plant science, and the palm-shaped leaves keep showing up in the work on the avenue trees. The way the large, palm-shaped, deeply lobed, bright-green leaves form on the long stalks has been studied at length, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the avenue trees, the smooth, green bark and the members of the mallow family. The woody follicles and the broad habit have also made it a fine study tree, and the Chinese parasol tree is a regular subject of the work on the palm-shaped leaves of the warm world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The Chinese parasol tree is a fine, bold tree of the warm garden and the study collection. The large, palm-shaped, deeply lobed, bright-green leaves with the long stalks carry the fine, bold, broad look of the warm garden, one of the fine, bold sights of the warm garden, drawing the bees, and the smooth, green bark has a very long record as the fine, straight, smooth bark of the old avenues, the light, fine wood coming to the old chests, the cases and the fine, musical instruments of the old workshops, while the small, greenish-yellow flowers in the large, open, terminal clusters open through the early summer, to be followed by the small, round, woody follicles with the few wrinkled seeds along the margins. It is one of the fine choices for the warm garden, the avenue and the study collection, and it has been written up in the horticultural and the botanical papers for the smooth, green bark and the very long history. It is a fine, bold tree of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained garden.

Give the young trees the deep, rich, moist bed, and the bold leaves will form the broad crown in the years to come.

To grow the Chinese parasol tree from seed, sow the large, round, brown seeds a centimetre and a half down in the tray of fine, sandy soil, keep the tray in a bright, open spot and water gently, then set the young trees out in the open ground. The seedlings push through within a few weeks and grow on fast. With the sun and the deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground, the bold leaves will rise over the years.

Firmiana simplex, commonly known as the Chinese parasol tree, Chinese parasoltree, or wutong, is an ornamental plant of tree size that has recently been assigned to the family Malvaceae and was formerly the family Sterculiaceae in the order Malvales, and is native to Asia.