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 then grow on before planting out. 

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

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 variable juvenile leaves are narrow-lanceolate to ovate and are up to 110 mm (4⅜ in) long by 25 mm (1 in) wide. The narrow-lanceolate to lanceolate intermediate leaves are dark green and up to 140 mm (5½ in) long by 6 mm (¼ in) wide. The dark green concolorous thick leathery adult leaves are lanceolate to falcate, up to 3 mm (⅛ in) wide with an acute apex and a flattened or channelled petiole that is up to 25 mm (1 in) long.

Flower: The hemispherical to obconical buds commonly have a ribbed or angular hypanthia and a conical or beaked operculum. The white to cream flowers open from summer to autumn and have a terete pedestal to 9 mm (⅜ in) long. There are 7-11 flowers arranged in a umbel that has a flattened peduncle that is up to 19 mm (¾ in) long.

Fruit: The brown cylindrical or hemispherical woody capsule is up to 10 mm (⅜ in) in diameter and has a flat or slightly raised disk and the valves are inserted. They contain numerous tiny viable seeds.