This is a list of Rod Cary’s best ~ ornamental Eucalypts
- grow from 3 to 30 metres high
- have interesting foliage
- have interesting flowers
- are wildlife-friendly
- will grow in most local soils
- suit local conditions
- are mostly local to our area
- are easily maintained
- may flower intermittently all year
- are usually available from our nursery
| Scientific name | Common Name | Size | Flowers | Leaves | Trunk | Soils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eucalyptus erythronema | Red Flowered Mallee Eucalyptus erythronema | 5m * 3 m | large clusters of red flowers Sept / Oct | Fine Dark green leaves | Mallee with white to bronze trunks | Most soils |
| Eucalyptus eremophila | Tall Sand Mallee | 8 m+ | large clusters of Cream, pink, yellow | Fine glossy leaves | Mallee | Most soils |
| Eucalyptus Desmondensis | Mt Desmond Mallee | Slender weeping whipstick 2 - 5 m | clusters of small bright yellow flowers. Dec to March | Fine dull leaves | white powder stems with purple buds,. slender whipstick | most soils |
| Eucalyptus vesciculosa | Red Moort | 5m * 4 m | Bright red flowers Sept/ Oct | Thick glossy leaves | Bronze Trunks | most soils |
| Eucalyptus caesia subsp magna | Silver Princess | 6m * 6m | large red or pink flowers | sparse | white stems, curly (minnirichie) bark | most soils |
| Eucalyptus albopurpurea | Port Lincoln gum | 8 m + | Pink, Purple, white flowers | dark green | Small bushy tree | Drought and Lime tolerant |
| Eucalyptus redunca subsp pluricaulis | Purple leaved mallee | gnarled bushy tree | Pale yellow flowers with long buds | Dark Purple green leaves. | Mallee | Drought tolerant |
| Eucalyptus corrugata | Rib fruited mallee | 15 m | white | smooth pinkish bark, decorative buds | most soils | |
| Eucalyptus gracilis | White Mallee | 20 m | white autumn to spring | glossy | mallee | most soils |
| Corymbia exima | Sydney Bloodwood | 8 m + | Cream white | Large leaves | rough stringy bark | Most soils |
| Eucalyptus tetraptera | Square Fruited Mallee or Four winged Mallee | 2 - 5 m | Pink Red | very large, thick, glossy, leathery leaves | gnarled shrubby mallee | most soils |
| Eucalyptus preissiana | Bell Fruited Mallee | 3 x 3 m | large bright yellow | Large, rounded , dull, pale green leaves | gnarled | most soils |
| Eucalyptus kruseana | Bookleaf Mallee | 3.5 m | yellow in april to august | Bookleaf | bushy weeping shrub | moderately lime tolerant |
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