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 then grow on before planting out.

Note:Eucalyptusand Corymbiaspecies are fast-growing and should be planted when the young in order to establish a strong root system.

Botanic information
Leaf: The dull green juvenile leaves broad oblanceolate to ovate and the leathery textured lanceolate adult leaves are up to 25 mm (1 in) wide with an accumulate apex and along yellowish green petiole.

Flower: The ovoid to calvate or shortly fusiform buds are up to 12 mm (˝ in) long by 7 mm (Ľ in) in diameter and have a conical or rostrate operculum that is shorter and narrower than the hypanthium. There are 3-creamy white flowers with terete pedestals up to 17 mm (? in) long, arranged in a umbel that appears during winter.

Fruit: The shortly pedunculated woody capsule is globose or hemispherical, up to 12 mm (˝ in)long by 16 mm (? in) in diameter and has a depressed disk and enclosed valves.

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.