Trochodendron aralioides - Flickr - peganum (2)

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Description: An excellent plant by the way for containers in sunless courtyards and other gloomy spots. Apparently this tree is often seen as an epiphyte in the wild and is thus used to limited root space and an irregular water supply. This one was in a small pot (and sharing it with a large self-sown Polystichum) for years before I had a permanent spot for it, and it never looked stressed. The one at Pool Meadow [1] is in a very poor sandy acidic soil. The problem would presumably be with badly drained situations. Totally frost hardy too.. Date: 15 February 2010, 15:03. Source: Trochodendron aralioides. Author: peganum from Small Dole, England.