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Wallangarra white gum Eucalyptus scoparia

Vulnerable (EPBC Act)

When it flowers

11 months after a thaumastocoris infestation there is little sign of the effect known as winter bronzing. The Wallangarra white gum (Eucalyptus scoparia), a common Sydney street tree, is readily infe…
11 months after a thaumastocoris infestation there is little sign of the effect known as winter bronzing. The Wallangarra white gum (Eucalyptus scoparia), a common Sydney street tree, is readily infe…. Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Wallangarra white gum (Eucalyptus scoparia), a common Sydney street tree, showing signs of thaumastocoris infestation, producing the effect known as winter bronzing. Thaumastocoris peregrinus, a hete…
Wallangarra white gum (Eucalyptus scoparia), a common Sydney street tree, showing signs of thaumastocoris infestation, producing the effect known as winter bronzing. Thaumastocoris peregrinus, a hete…. Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This type of Eucalyptus changes the color of its bark by season. I love this branch as it looks like a snake.
This type of Eucalyptus changes the color of its bark by season. I love this branch as it looks like a snake.. Photo: Mayumi Kataoka, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Graceful gum with powdery white bark and fine, drooping leaves, sized for suburban gardens.

Rare in the wild, where it grows on granite hills on the Queensland and NSW border, but widely planted for its clean white trunk and fine, weeping foliage. Small white flowers appear in summer.

In the garden

  • Feature plant
  • Screening
  • Street or verge
Flowers
Small white flowers in clusters.
Attracts
Birds and pollinating insects
Leaves
Very narrow, glossy, drooping leaves; smooth white to grey powdery bark.

Growing conditions

Climate
Subtropical and temperate
Light
Full sun
Soil
Sandy, loam and clay
Drainage
Needs good drainage
Frost
Moderate frost
Water
Very drought tolerant

Planting and care

Grown from
Seed

Planting

Full sun; one of the better gums for narrow spaces. Plant at least 5 m from buildings.

Pruning

Little pruning needed. Remove competing leaders while young.

Care

No feeding needed. Water young trees through dry spells for the first two summers.

Where it comes from

Family
Myrtaceae
Order
Myrtales
Native to
New South Wales and Queensland
Conservation status
Vulnerable
Natural range
Granite hills around Wallangarra and Tenterfield, on the Queensland and NSW border.

Where to buy

Widely available.

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