Scientific Name: Eucalyptus sp.
Common Name: eucalyptus
Family Name: Myrtaceae
Origin: Australia / New Zealand
Hardiness Zone: Zone 8b: (-9.4 to -7 °C)
Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen
Mature Size: 7 - 10m x 7 - 10m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Round
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Cut flower or foliage, Fragrance
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Glabrous, Glaucous, Pubescent, Distinctive smell, Lanceolate, Orbicular, Entire
Flowers: White, Yellow, Pink, Red, Jul
Fruit: Capsule, Green, Aug-Sep
Key ID Features:
Leaves leathery, usually glaucous, margins entire, tend to hang in many speciesor may be sessile; flower receptacle cup-shaped with numerous stamens around the rim; fruit with many tiny seeds and surrounded by a woody, cup-shaped accessory tissue from the receptacle.