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: The ovate to lanceolate juvenile leaves are arranged alternately and are greyish green up to 100 mm (4 in) long by 12 mm (½ in) wide. The grey to blue-green adult leaves are lanceolate to falcate up to 20 mm (¾ in) wide and are concolorous.

Flower: The crimson to pale pink or white flowers have an ovoid bud and a conical operculum. They are arranged in an axillary cluster of 7 at the end of the branchlets and appear from winter to spring.

Fruit: The pedunculate urn -like capsule is a brown ovoid, truncate to urceolate up to 8 mm (⅓ in) wide. It has 5 valves deeply enclosed and has  a relatively broad disk that is descending.