Botanical Name: Eucalyptus grossa
Common Name: Coarse-leaved mallee
Type of Plant: dicot: tree
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape a multi-trunked, shrublike plant which forms an ascending-spreading, irregularly open-rounded canopy as the plant matures
Height 10' - 20'(30')
Spread 3/4 to equal
Growth Rate mod.-rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun
Soil prefers drier, well-draining locations
Hardiness hardy (zones 8-24): grows best in sunny areas near the coast
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, opposite (especially in the juvenile foliage), broadly oval or ovate; 3"-4" long, very thick and rigid; the young stems and petioles are somewhat redish-maroon
Flowers bright yellow, many-stamened, in stout terminal or axillary umbels of 3-8 flowers; spring
Fruit a capsule; cylindrical, to 1" long
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
an unusual small accent tree used for its open irregular canopy structure and thick leathery foliage; a large open background mass if unpruned
 
Landscape Care:
Watering an occasional deep soak
Fertilizing very little is required
Pruning head high and keep thinned as an open multi-trunked tree
Pests/Diseases relatively free
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Australia
Family: Myrtaceae

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