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Nursery Direct
Chinese Tallow Tree
Triadica sebifera
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 90Ltypically 1.5 to 2.5m tall on delivery
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The photo shows this species, not the individual plant reserved for you. Send us an enquiry and we usually reply within 1 business day with photos of the actual stock available in the size you want.
Request photosGetting it in: this size needs about 900mm of clear access. Measure the narrowest point on the route and tell us on the booking call. Standard access is included in the price, and anything unusual is quoted and agreed with you before work begins. What happens on installation day
Looking for a larger size?
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.
Send An EnquiryYou order. We do the rest.
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
Chinese Tallow Tree Triadica sebifera
The Chinese Tallow is one of the most reliable performers in the advanced stock market, a fast-establishing deciduous specimen that delivers bold seasonal colour across autumn and winter. Where immediate canopy presence and year-round interest are required, few trees compete at this level.
Why Chinese Tallow
Autumn Colour: Exceptional seasonal display ranging from deep crimson and orange to gold, rivalling the best deciduous specimens available in the Australian market.
Adaptability: Tolerates a wide range of soil types including poorly draining and compacted sites, making it a dependable choice across varied project conditions.
Canopy Form: Develops a broad, rounded crown that provides generous shade and strong structural presence within a relatively short establishment period.
Low Maintenance: Once established, demands minimal intervention, a practical consideration for large-scale commercial and residential landscapes.
Deciduous Advantage: Winter light penetration through bare canopy makes it a strategic choice for passive solar design and seasonally responsive planting schemes.
Ideal Applications
Feature Planting: Deployed as a centrepiece specimen on prestige residential or commercial properties where seasonal drama is the brief.
Avenue Planting: Uniform crown habit and consistent growth make it well suited to formal boulevard and driveway installations.
Parkland & Estate Landscapes: Scaled appropriately for large open properties where canopy mass and seasonal colour carry the composition.
Screening & Boundary Definition: Used in grouped plantings to establish structured enclosure with the added benefit of autumn colour across the line.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (feature/avenue): 8 to 12m
Best Planting Season: Spring or autumn
Soil & Drainage: Adaptable to a wide range of soils including clay, sand, and loam; tolerates wet and dry conditions; performs best in well-drained soil
Establishment Care: Water deeply and regularly for the first 12 months to establish a strong root system, then reduce frequency as the tree becomes drought tolerant. Apply a layer of mulch around the base to retain soil moisture and suppress weeds.
Plant Details
Height: 8 to 12m
Width: 6 to 10m
Growth Rate: Fast
Foliage: Deciduous
Light: Full sun to partial shade
Native to: China and Japan
Flower Colour: Yellow
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.







