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 intermediate leaves are lanceolate to ovate with a short petiole. The thick leathery textured adult leaves are broad lanceolate to falcate and the apex is acuminate. The tapering base is rounded with a quadrangular petiole and the upper and lower surface is dull grey green.

Flower: The cylindrical to pyriform buds are glaucous with a hemispherical operculum and the wide hypanthium is smooth. The white to cream flower have a pedestal that is terete and up to 7-flowers are arranged in a dense axillary umbel that appears during midsummer.

Fruit: The variable woody capsule is a cylindrical or campanulate with a depressed disk and the valves level or slightly exserted. they are arranged in a umbel with a peduncle up to 20 mm (ľ in) long. They contain numerous tiny reddish seeds.