Propagation
Surface sow fresh seed during spring in a well-drained media, and maintain a temperature of 16º to 18º C. (61º to 64º F). Prick out and pot up when they are large enough to handle.

General pruning information
Eucalyptus species require little pruning apart from removal of damaged or dead wood, which should be taken off at the collar. If the tree is cut back hard it will produce epicormic shoots and the crown may be lifted or thinned by removal of selected branches.

Botanic information
Leaf: It has mid green to dark green ovate juvenile leaves and the adult leaves are petiolate and strongly discolorous with a paler underside.

Flower: The 7 to 11 flowers have no pedicels and are arranged in an umbel with a flattened peduncle. The pear-shaped buds are ovoid and the opercula is conical to rostrate.

Fruit: The pyriform shaped fruit is a brown and is sessile or with a short peduncle. It has a relatively broad rim with 4 to 5 exserted slightly incurved valves. The branchlets and the fruit are sometimes glaucous.