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Your Complete Guide to Caring for Queensland Bottle Trees
The Queensland Bottle Tree ( Brachychiton rupestris ) is one of Australia's most distinctive native trees. With its swollen, bottle-shaped trunk and sparse, glossy foliage, it makes a striking feature in Sunshine Coast gardens, parks and larger properties. Native to the dry scrub and woodland of central and southern Queensland, this tough tree has adapted to survive drought by storing water in its trunk. That adaptation is also the key to caring for it well on the Sunshine