Toona sinensis 'Flamingo'
Plant Expert:
Michael Dirr Toona sinensis 'Flamingo'
Michael Dirr
Toona sinensis 'Flamingo'
Toona sinensis 'Flamingo' (click for large image)
Flamingo Chinese Cedrela, Flamingo Chinese Toon
Common Names:
  • Flamingo Chinese Cedrela
  • Flamingo Chinese Toon
 
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Origin:

  Australia  

Sun/Water Requirements:

  Requires full sun.
Moderate to dry conditions.

Climate / Hardiness Zones:

  Zone 5 to Zone 7

Growth:

  Range: Grows from 30' to 50'.

Flowers:

  Season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer

Dirr says: "maloderous, borne in pendulous 12" long panicles in June."  

Foliage:

  Deciduous
Color: Leaves are green and purple in the summer and yellow and green in the fall.
Dirr says: "interesting pink to cream colored new foliage that eventually changes to green; as I have observed it, the new foliage emerges hot purple-red and matures to green "  

Fruit:

  Color: Black
Season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer
 

Landscape Value:

  Can be used as a specimen plant.
Can be used as a shade tree.

Other:

  Is Resistant to Drought
Is Urban Tolerant
 
Toona sinensis 'Flamingo' is hardy in these areas:
Allegan, MIAllentown, PAAlsip, IL
Athens, MIAugusta, MIBaltimore, MD
Bangor, MIBattle Creek, MIBayside, NY
Bellmore, NYBellport, NYBethpage, NY
Blue Point, NYBohemia, NYBrentwood, NY
Brightwaters, NYBronxville, NYBrookhaven, NY
Canton, MIChannahon, ILCharlottesville, VA
Chicago Heights, ILChicago Ridge, ILChicago, IL
Cicero, ILCleveland, OHCoal City, IL
College Point, NYConneaut, OHCorona, NY
Crete, ILDetroit, MIDewitt, MI
Dimondale, MIDolton, ILDorset, OH
Eagle, MIEast Claridon, OHEast Elmhurst, NY
East Greenville, PAEast Lansing, MIEast Texas, PA
Eastchester, NYEaston, PAEaton Rapids, MI
Ecorse, MIEdmore, MIElkins Park, PA
Elmhurst, NYElmwood Park, ILElyria, OH
Emmaus, PAEvergreen Park, ILFerndale, MI
Flushing, NYForest Hills, NYFort Eustis, VA
Fresh Meadows, NYGlen Burnie, MDGrand Rapids, MI
Greenlawn, NYGwynn Oak, MDHamtramck, MI
Harper Woods, MIHarrison Township, MIHastings On hudson, NY
Highland Park, MIHolbrook, NYHoltsville, NY
Hunt Valley, MDHuntington Station, NYHuntington, NY
Islandia, NYJackson Heights, NYKalamazoo, MI
Lakewood, OHLandisburg, PALawn, PA
Leasburg, NCLebanon, PALemoyne, PA
Lewistown, PALexington, NCLiberty, NC
Linwood, NCLittle Neck, NYLiverpool, PA
Loysville, PALykens, PAMacomb, MI
Marysville, MIMaspeth, NYMcalisterville, PA
Melville, NYMemphis, MIMemphis, TN
Mentor, OHMiddle Village, NYMiddlefield, OH
Montville, OH
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