Silver Dollar Eucalyptus eucalyptus gunnii

LATIN NAME: Eucalyptus gunnii

COMMON NAME: Silver Dollar Eucalyptus

The eucalyptus carries the round, silvery, blue-grey juvenile leaves on the branching stems, and the mature leaves narrow into the long, sickle shapes. The evergreen, fast-growing tree or large shrub holds the round, silvery, blue-grey juvenile leaves in the pairs along the stems, passing into the long, narrow, sickle-shaped, grey-green adult leaves, with the clusters of the small, white flowers through the warm season, one of the fine, bold sights of the mild garden, drawing the bees. The foliage has a very long record as the fine, aromatic, silvery cut greenery of the old florists, and the tree is a fine, historic presence of the mild garden. It is a tree of the open, sunny, deep, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The eucalyptus is a historic subject of the plant science, and the round, silvery leaves keep showing up in the work on the fast-growing trees. The chemistry of the grey-green leaves, which carry the fine, aromatic oils of the old stills, has been studied at length, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the fast-growing trees, the aromatic foliage and the members of the myrtle family. The sickle-shaped adult leaves and the fast habit have also made it a fine study tree, and the eucalyptus is a regular subject of the work on the round leaves of the mild world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The eucalyptus is a fine, bold tree of the mild garden and the cut-foliage patch. The round, silvery, blue-grey juvenile leaves have a very long record as the fine, aromatic, silvery cut greenery of the old florists, the stems coming to the wreaths, the bouquets and the vases of the old studios, while the clusters of the small, white flowers open through the warm season, drawing the bees, and the tree grows on fast. It is one of the fine choices for the mild garden, the windbreak and the study collection, and it has been written about in the horticultural and the botanical papers for the silvery leaves and the very long history. It is a fine, bold tree of the open, sunny, deep, well-drained garden.

Give the young trees the deep, well-drained bed, and the silvery leaves will come in the first season.

To grow the eucalyptus from seed, sow the tiny, brown seeds across the surface of the tray of fine, gritty soil, without covering them, keep the tray in a bright, open spot and water gently, then pot the young trees on as they fill the pot. The seedlings appear within a couple of weeks and grow on fast. With the sun and the deep, well-drained ground, the silvery juvenile leaves will come in the first season.

Round leaves

(Dollar leaf gum) Shaped like silver dollars, and about the same size too, the leaves and stimulating fresh scent make the species a popular item in fresh or dried floral arrangements. Though the tree can reach up to 25m (75ft) in the garden, it thrives in containers with regular pruning. Pruning keeps the juvenile foliage coming — the iconic round leaves preferred by florists. Silver dollar eucalyptus prefers well-drained, fertile soil and regular watering; it will droop noticeably if it begins to dry out. Easily grown from seed, seedlings are transplanted to pots when 6-8cm (2-3") tall or to the garden when 15cm (6") high.