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.

Note:
It is not suitable for urban gardens due to its size. Care should be taken when selecting a site, allowing ample room for it to grow as it has vigorous invasive roots that can lift concrete and block drains.

Botanic information
Leaf: The large blue or grey-green juvenile leaves are ovate to orbicular and are 115 mm (4½ in) by 111mm (4⅜ in). The adult leaves are lanceolate to broad lanceolate and are grey green turning blue-green with age. The branchlets and petioles are glaucous.

Flower: The are normally 7-creamy white flowers arranged in a terminal panicle that appears during autumn. The peduncle is angled or often absent. The glaucous buds are cylindrical and tapering at both ends and the opercula is elongated to conical and beaked.

Fruit: The capsule is sessile or has a short peduncle and is barrel-shape to sub-urceolate, glaucous and ribbed. The disk is broad and the 4-valves are deeply descending and enclosed.

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.