I got this plant initially as a tiny container plant sold in Walmart, and I kept it in a little pot indoors near a window because we did not have a big area in our apartment then. Finally, when we got into a better location, I moved it to a bigger pot and placed it outside where it gets full sun in the morning and shade in the afternoon. The plant grew really quickly! It is now towering over my other plants and providing shade to my other plants. Best to trim close to the stem in late fall if the plant gets too tall. It will come back again in spring and will grow very fast once more from spring to fall. Loves moderately moist soil.

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Radermachera Sinica is a species of tree in the Bignoniaceae family, which also includes Tecoma, Dolichandra, Jacaranda, Bignonia, and Catalpa, among many others. It's a feathery-looking native of China that is often grown as a houseplant or a patio tree. When grown indoors it remains small but outdoors it can grow up to 90 feet in the best conditions. Indoors it doesn't flower, but outside it can flower in zones 9b-12. The flowers are white and trumpet-shaped, blooming for only a few hours, giving way to long, brown seed pods with many tiny, flat, winged seeds. It's very easy to grow from seed and cuttings. Although it is not considered toxic, it is not to be eaten.

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