Eucalyptus_glaucescens
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Tingiringi Gum Seed

Eucalyptus glaucescens

£5.00 – £14.00 inc. VAT

Tingiringi Gum is a  fast growing evergreen with round, even, silver juvenile foliage used in floristry. It coppices well and is good for screening. Adult foliage is elongated, blue-green-silver and aromatic and this develops if the stems aren’t cut back. Like many Eucalyptus, the bark on mature trees shreds off revealing orange, grey, copper, white and grey streaks. Creamy flowers in autumn. Mallee form, which is more shrub-like and multistem

 

Earn up to 14 Points.

SKU: Eucgla Categories: ,

Description

Eucalyptus glaucescens (Mallee form)

Common Name: Tingiringi Gum

Native: SE Australia

Provenance: New Zealand/Australia

Size and Spread (10yrs): 12-15m, narrow

Treatment required: surface sow since the seed is very fine. Pre chill of 3-4 weeks cold moist followed by 21degC for sowing

Germinal Seed/kg: 484,000

Ideal Sowing Period: spring sow

Soil Conditions: Very tolerant of any pH.

Better in moist or poorly drained soils.

Planting instructions: Fast growing and good in exposed areas.

Excellent for screening and hedging.

Mature Height: 15 to 20m if unpruned

pic courtesy of Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons. Tree growing at Kew Gardens




			

					

				
	
Additional information




			

			Weight
			1.00 g
		

			

			Size
			
Seed pack (approx 800 seeds), Mini seed pack (approx 80 seeds)


		

			

			Genus
			
Eucalyptus


		

			

			Family
			
Myrtaceae


		

			

			Hardiness
			
Hardy


		

			

			Life Cycle
			
tree


		

			

			Evergreen
			
evergreen


		

			

			Requires
			
shelter