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

General pruning information
Eucalyptusspecies 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 juvenile leaves have a greyish waxy bloom and the leathery dark green adult leaves are lanceolate to falcate with a short petiole and may have undulating margins.

Flower: The small buds are ovoid with a conical operculum and the flowers are greenish white. They are arranged in cluster of three towards the end of the branches and appear during autumn.

Fruit: The shortly pedunculated woody capsular fruit is bell-shaped and arranged in clusters of three, each with a broad rim, flat disk and 4-slightly exserted valves.