Botanical Name: Eucalyptus polyanthemos
Common Name: Silver dollar gum
Type of Plant: dicot: tree
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape an upright, single or multi-trunked tree with ascending and spreading branches forming a loose oval-rounded canopy which becomes more irregular with age
Height 20'-40'(60')
Spread 1/2-2/3
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun preferred; tolerates partial sun at inland sites
Soil well-draining, drier habitats
Hardiness hardy (zones 12-24); grows best in warm coast
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, alternate, round to broadly oval; 2"-4" long, bluish gray-green, leathery
Flowers creamy white, many stamened, in axillary or terminal umbels; has 6-8 flowers in each umbel; spring and early summer
Fruit a capsule; small, 1/4", top-shaped, woody when ripe
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
a very widely used accent tree valued for its loose open form and picturesque round leaves; suitable as a street tree or for slope plantings; avoid using around lawns or other wet areas unless good drainage
 
Landscape Care:
Watering an occasional deep soaking is preferred; the plant is quite drought tolerant after established
Fertilizing as needed; may become chlorotic in wet clay soils
Pruning keep the canopy open by occasional thinning
Pests/Diseases relatively free
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Australis
Family: Myrtaceae

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