Variation
var. rosea
This large tree grows to 20 m (60 ft) tall by 15 m (45 ft) wide with dark furrowed bark and spreading branches.  It has grey green weeping foliage and produces pink flowers in clusters from winter to spring.  

It prefers an open sunny to semi shaded position and grows in a most well drained moderately fertile soils, including clay.  Once established it is drought and smog tolerant and is planted along roadsides or used as a wind break in rural settings and for shade in large gardens.