Wheel tree fits nicely into a small landscape.
Trochodendron Wheel tree has neat, spoked flowers One of the best specimen in the Washington Park Arboretum is the little-known tree Trochodendron or wheel tree. It is the only member of its family and even of its own order, and considered quite primitive in origin. Its wood resembles the conifers, rather than most dicots. This is the most handsome tree in its habitat, sometimes starting life as an epiphyte on native Cryptomeria spp. A native wheel tree often grows to 20 feet or more, but in cultivated gardens it seldom is large, especially in cooler climates.