This iconic Australian tree is highly drought tolerant once established. This is a large tree 20-30m high and 15-20m wide, valued for timber, honey and fuel wood. It produces masses of white flowers from late spring to summer. This plant is a food source and nesting site for birds. Isolated mature trees have a tendency to drop major limbs after dry summers and should be fenced off where people congregate.
- Type
- Native
- Maintenance
- Low
- Water use
- Minimal
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Container
- Zero
- Size
- Trees 7 metres +
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Zones
- Arid interior, Semi-arid with winter rain, Moist temperate with warm summers, Winter rains with dry summers
- Soils
- Sandy, Loam, Clay
- Tolerances
- Frost
- Regions
- Central Highlands Garden, Yarra Valley Water plants, Habitat plants, Alice Water Smart
- Shade levels
- Full sun
- Flowering seasons
- Spring, Summer
- Gardens
- Native