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.

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 dull grey green elliptical to ovate intermediate leaves have a short petiole and the lanceolate to falcate adult leaves have an acuminate apex. The leaves are concolorous with a leathery texture and the narrow petiole is flattened for channelled.

Flower: The buds are obovoid to turbinate with a hemispherical or conical operculum and a smooth hypanthium. There are 3-11 creamy-white flowers arranged in an axillary umbel on a short flattened pedestal and appear during summer.

Fruit: The woody capsules are hemispherical (cup-shaped) with a depressed disk and the valves are enclosed or exserted. They contain numerous tiny linear seeds.