Description
Commonly known as Buxton gum, or Victorian silver gum, Eucalyptus crenulata is listed as "endangered" as it grows in a very small area of Victoria.
It is super tough because it has a lignotuber. Once established it is resilient to fire and even snow. As a result it can be coppiced and will reshoot from the lignotuber at the base of its trunk. It can be kept as a bushy shrub with juvenile foliage by cutting periodically to 20-30cm from the base or a useful small/medium tree or screen. It will brighten dark corners as it has bushy aromatic silvery blue green foliage. It responds well to coppicing and pollarding and can grow 1-1.5 m per year when well watered. Not many eucalyptus are happy in part sun, but this one is. Young shoots are often a silvery rose colour with a white blooms, glaucous buds, twigs and underside of the leaves give the whole plant a silvery appearance.
Spring flowers are creamy white and fluffy with a beautiful sweet perfume
FULL SUN TO PART SHADE HEIGHT : 4-12M WIDTH: 2-6M
Additional Details
- SKU:
- 87520