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Brachychiton ‘Bella Donna’
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
Supplied in 45Ltypically 1.5 to 2.5m tall on delivery
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Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
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After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Brachychiton ‘Bella Donna’
Brachychiton ‘Bella Donna’ is a refined Australian native hybrid grown for its flowering from late spring into summer, when masses of pink bell-shaped blooms cover a well-structured, rounded canopy. Like the kurrajongs it is related to, it is deep rooted, which underpins its drought tolerance and minimal ongoing demand. Its woody seed pods split to reveal seeds packed in fine irritant hairs, so wear gloves when clearing them and site the tree away from pools and play areas.
Why Bella Donna
Late Spring Flowering: Profuse pink, bell-shaped blooms create a bold seasonal statement across the full canopy.
Australian Native Hybrid: A hybrid of Australian Brachychiton species, suited to local conditions; resilient, adaptable and long-lived once established.
Elegant Canopy Structure: A balanced, upright to rounded form with refined branching that gives a prestige landscape its upper layer.
Proven Drought Tolerance: Performs reliably across warm, dry climates with minimal irrigation once established.
Semi-deciduous Habit: Some or all of the leaves drop in spring just before flowering, so the blooms stand clear of the foliage.
Ideal Applications
Front Garden Tree: Set near the street boundary, it carries its late spring flowering out to the footpath and gives the frontage height.
Paired Entry Planting: A tree either side of a gate or drive entry frames the approach, and the pair flower together each year.
Heat-Exposed Sites: It takes full sun and the reflected heat of paving and walls, positions where many flowering trees scorch.
Contemporary Native Landscapes: Grevilleas, lomandras and grass trees beneath it complete a modern Australian planting scheme.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (feature/avenue): 5 to 8m
Best Planting Season: Spring to early summer
Soil & Drainage: Any free draining ground from sandy loam to gravel; it copes with poor, dry sites once settled but not with soil that stays wet after rain
Establishment Care: Through the first two summers, give a deep watering every seven to ten days and let the surface dry out in between, since Brachychiton roots rot in soil that stays wet. Spread coarse mulch out to the drip line, held a hand's width back from the trunk, and taper watering off once the tree is pushing strong new growth on its own.
Plant Details
Height: 8 to 12m
Width: 4 to 6m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Semi-deciduous
Light: Full sun
Native to: Australia (a garden hybrid of Australian Brachychiton species)
Flower Colour: Pink
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







