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Myrtaceae
Blue gum
Eucalyptus saligna
Also known as Southern blue gum, Tasmanian blue gum, Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus saligna var. protrusa
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Eucalyptus · Fast Growing · Evergreen · Aromatic · Large Tree · Medicinal · Shade Tree · Coastal · Wind Break
Blue gum eucalyptus is a vigorous, fast-growing tree best suited to large outdoor spaces with full sun and well-drained soil. It requires regular watering during its first growing season but becomes quite drought-tolerant once established. Be mindful of its ultimate size and litter of bark and leaves, and check local regulations as it can be invasive in some regions.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 8 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply to encourage deep root growth, allowing the top few inches of soil to dry out between waterings · Every 10-14 days during the first year; rainfall-dependent once established
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- sandy loam
- Soil pH
- 4–6
- Temperature
- 20°F to 110°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 9a-11b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 40 ft – 70 ft
- Spread
- 30 ft
- Spacing
- 360 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- Yellow
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Bangladesh, Canary Is., China Southeast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Hawaii, Kenya, Morocco, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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