white gum

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Fast-growing, evergreen tree, about 15m tall, native to the tropical northern Australia, with smooth powder-white bark that becomes pale salmon pink when outer bark layers are shed, aromatic mid to dark green lance-shaped leaves, and 7 creamy-white flowers in clusters from late winter to spring, followed by rounded to cone-shaped woody fruits

Scientific classification

Species: white gum (Eucalyptus alba)
Genus: Eucalyptus
Family: Myrtaceae

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Toxicity: Trees
Plant type: Higher than 12 metres
Height: wider than 8 metres
Spread: Evergreen
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Habit: Spring · Summer · Autumn · Winter
Season of interest: Full sun
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Distribution of white gum

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Culture

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Toxicity

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Quick identification of white gum

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white gum care guide

Moderate regular watering, allowing brief slight drying between soakings
Watering: Full sun
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Watering

Moderate regular watering, allowing brief slight drying between soakings

Fertilizing

Balanced perennial feed every four weeks from spring through summer

Pruning

Little pruning is needed. Remove diseased, damaged, crowded or crossing shoots and unwanted growth. Timing depends on the plant: generally late winter or early spring; plants prone to bleeding and deciduous magnolias need different timing, and deciduous azaleas and lilacs are pruned after flowering.

Propagation

Propagate by seed at 13-18°C in spring and summer

Growing

Outdoors grow in fertile neutral to acid soil in full sun with shelter from cold winds. Grow tender species outdoors in mild or frost-free counties only or in a greenhouse/conservatory. See eucalyptus cultivation

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