Silver Leafed Mountain Gum Seed

Eucalyptus pulverulenta

Price range: £5.00 through £12.00 inc. VAT

Eucalyptus pulverulenta. Silver Leafed Mountain Gum is a well branched, medium-sized tree easy to control by pruning. The evergreen, juvenile foliage is glaucous silvery grey white and has been described as looking like a kebab! It rarely develops adult foliage. Bark is mostly smooth. Cream flowers occur when the tree is still young. This tree can be grown as a multi-stemmed specimen, but needs a sheltered spot.

 

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Description

Eucalyptus pulverulenta

Common name: Silver Leafed Mountain Gum

Native: New South Wales, Australia

Provenance: Australia

Size and Spread(10 years): 6m x 5m

Treatment required: 4-5 weeks pre-chill. cold moist followed by 21degC for sowing

Seeds/kg: 1,750,000

Ideal sowing period: spring. surface sow

Soil conditions: free draining, neutral to acid, not chalky.

Planting: Full sun, open aspect but sheltered from strong winds.

Mature height: 10m

pic courtesy of Daderot, Isola Madre. Lake Maggiore (Daderot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

 



			

Additional information

Weight 1.00 g
Genus

Eucalyptus

Size

Mini seed pack (approx 150 seeds), Seed pack (approx 1500 seeds)

Family

Myrtaceae

Flowering Month

May

Colour

cream

Life Cycle

tree

Evergreen

evergreen

Interest

aromatic, bark, flowers, scented

Requires

shelter, sun