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Yellow gum Eucalyptus leucoxylon

Also called Blue gum

When it flowers

Eucalyptus leucoxylon rosea, Maggie Beer's Farm, Barossa Valley, South Australia
Eucalyptus leucoxylon rosea, Maggie Beer's Farm, Barossa Valley, South Australia. Photo: Rexness from Melbourne, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Jardín Botánico de Barcelona.. Photo: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Location taken: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, FL USA. Names: Eucalyptus leucoxylon bellarinensis K. Rule, Bellarine Yellow Gu Classification: Plantae > Magnoliophyta > Magnoliopsida…
Location taken: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, FL USA. Names: Eucalyptus leucoxylon bellarinensis K. Rule, Bellarine Yellow Gu Classification: Plantae > Magnoliophyta > Magnoliopsida…. Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Smooth-barked gum with white, pink or red blossom that brings in lorikeets.

Native to south-eastern Australia. Flowers from late autumn into spring. Smaller red-flowered forms are popular street and garden trees.

In the garden

  • Feature plant
  • Shade tree
  • Street or verge
Attracts
Birds and pollinating insects
Flowers
Clusters of white, pink or red gum blossom.
Leaves
Grey-green leaves; smooth bark that sheds in patches.

Growing conditions

Light
Full sun
Soil
Sandy, loam and clay
Drainage
Copes with occasional wet
Frost
Moderate frost
Water
Very drought tolerant
Climate
Dry summers (Mediterranean) and temperate

Planting and care

Grown from
Seed

Planting

Check the mature size of the form you buy; plant well away from buildings.

Care

Give it room; check the mature size of the form you buy.

Where it comes from

Native to
New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria
Natural range
South-eastern Australia, mainly South Australia and western Victoria.

Where to buy

Widely available.

We don't have stockists listed for this plant yet. Local native nurseries are often the best place to ask.

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