Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Eucalyptus globoidea |
| Common Name: | white stringybark |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Large Tree (over 6 m), Bee Attracting, Insect Attracting |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Moist, Well Drained |
| Size (HxW): | 30 m x 20 m |
| Foliage: | Juvenile leaves hairy at first, becoming rough, stalked, egg-shaped with wavy edges, to 10.5 cm x 6 cm. Glossy lance-shaped adult leaves with sparse network of veins, 7.5-12 cm x 12-25 mm. |
| Flowers: | Cluster of white/cream 11-15 stalkless, tapering buds on flattened common stalk, cap pointed. White flowers. Broad hemispherical to roundish fruit with disk below rim and 4 valves at rim level, Summer |
| General Comments: | Grey-brown fibrous bark. Tolerates light frost. Useful shade tree for large gardens. Honey production. |
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