Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus
Grows fast and tall unless coppiced in spring — and it wants no phosphorus at all.
Light Full sun, out in the open.
Water Water it while young; a settled tree handles drought.
Height 15 m
Spread 19 ft 8 in
Spacing 600 cm
Spacing & sowing
- Plant spacing
- 19 ft 8 in
- In-row spacing
- 19 ft 8 in
- Between rows
- 19 ft 8 in
- Square-foot density
- Not suited to SFG
Growing
- Type
- Tree · Perennial
- Botanical family
- Mixed / other
- Sunlight
- Full sun, out in the open.
- Watering
- Water it while young; a settled tree handles drought.
- Feeding
- Keep phosphorus away from it; feeding is rarely needed.
- Frost tolerant
- Yes
- Flowering
- May
- Pruning
- Coppice in spring, or simply prune to shape.
- Overwintering
- Young trees want shelter from cold winds.
Through the year
- Mar–Mar Bud Break
- Mar–May Spring Growth
- May–Sep Flowering
- Sep–Dec Growing
- Jan–Mar Growing
Companions
Grasses, Lavender, Cistus
Pests & problems
- Psyllids Jumping plant lice that distort and curl new shoots, most familiar on bay and box. Prune out affected tips; healthy plants shrug off light attacks.
- Silver leaf A silvery sheen spreads over leaves of plums and cherries, followed by branch dieback. Prune stone fruit only in summer, when infection risk is lowest.
- Eucalyptus gall wasp
Garden allies
Beneficial predators that hunt this plant's pests — grow their favourite flowers nearby to recruit them. companion plant
- Ladybird (lady beetle) CoccinellidaeHunts Psyllids
The gardener’s favorite ally: adults and their alligator-shaped larvae each eat thousands of aphids, plus scale, mealybugs, and other soft-bodied sap-suckers. Grow flat, open flowers for the adults and never spray a colony that ladybird larvae are already working.
The Cottage Garden Companion — the gardener's herbarium at cottagegardencompanion.com