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Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Eucalyptus radiata |
| Common Name: | black peppermint, forth river peppermint, grey peppermint, narrow-leafed peppermint, new south wales messmate |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Large Tree (over 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Dry, Moist, Well Drained |
| Size (HxW): | 10-30 m x 6-20 m |
| Foliage: | Pairs of thin, stem clasping juvenile leaves to 7 cm x 1.5 cm. Adult leaves dull green, thin, narrow 7-16 cm x 6-15 mm. Highly aromatic. |
| Flowers: | White, October-January. Profuse clusters of 7-20+ very small club-shaped buds. Small cup-shaped fruit. |
| General Comments: | Medium to tall tree with dense canopy and interlacing fibrous bark to the small branches. Often lower branching. Some forms have weeping habit. It makes a handsome shade tree. Flowering can be massed. Koala's eat it. Butterflies like the nectar and their caterpillars eat the leaves. Birds like it for food and habitat. Likes to go in moist to drier well drained soils. Widespread in many sites to 1200 m. Light frost and snow. |
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