Eucalyptus mitchelliana – Mount Buffalo Sally – 1 of the magnificent Mountain Gums

Description Eucalyptus mitchelliana PLUS: LIMITED OFFER – FREE ECO-MULCH MAT KIT with every tree purchased (while stocks last) Rare and beautiful small to medium sized tree of mallee (bushy) habit with an open crown and pendulous leaves. Like an evergreen, golden, Weeping Willow or Silver Birch in habit, but only half the size of the latter. Eucalyptus mitchelliana is the favourite tree of the former head of Forestry Commission Scotland because of its gently weeping habit with golden stems Fabulous Specimen Tree for the wider landscape, arboretum collection or avenue planting and for the smaller, medium and larger garden Commercially: a good choice for open public spaces, parks, business parks, university campus In Australia, Eucalyptus mitchelliana enjoys a cool summer climate – so it should love the UK! Needs a little time to get its roots down and to become established, for a Eucalyptus, but takes off pretty well after a few months in the ground.   Visit the ‘How to Use’ Tab for a wider description and also to see how you can use and enjoy this species in your landscape The ‘Planting and Soil’ Tab advises you about this Eucs preferred growing conditions   Biometrics for Eucalyptus mitchelliana Shoots ‘n Leaves: Very ornamental foliage.  Young shoots are beautifully tinged with purple. Juvenile leaves are lanceolate (long and slender) tinged purple, almost feathery in habit Adult leaves narrowly lanceolate around 7-15cm long, often bright green with red petioles on young plants and blue-green on older plants.  From a distance, the foliage is glossy green with a slight golden hue. Bark: Beautiful – one of its many features.  Smooth, pure white through cream to seal grey, often with olive green highlights. Peels in strips and flakes Flowers: White, buds in clusters of 7,9 or 11 Leaf Aroma: Fruity Eucalyptus Rate of Growth: medium 1.0-1.5m (3-4ft) per year with a bushy habit Height in maturity, if left unpruned:   after about 15-20 years, E mitchelliana could reach approximately 12-14 m, easily half the size of a Silver Birch tree.  Easy to keep smaller by regular pruning – March 18th and end of May. If pruned, it can be trained to form a bushy screening tree, or a multi-stemmed bush like a species rose or coppiced Hazel tree.  Responds well to coppicing and pollarding, when large enough to survive the process and provided its done at the right time of year.  Unless you are growing for cut foliage, please refrain from voluntarily electing to prune your Eucalyptus from August through to February; it can kill it. To receive monthly pruning and aftercare advice, sign up to our Gumnut Club – its free and you can unsubscribe at any time.  To subscribe – just call or ping us an email to [email protected] Further advice on pruning can be found in our Guidance Notes here: https://www.hardy-eucalyptus.com/pruning-guides-for-eucalyptus/ Visit our pruning video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP4ldDRtHeQ Hardiness: Good hardiness rating, root-system should be happy down to around -13 to -16°C, once mature. Hardiness in Eucalyptus is governed by provenance of seed (all our seed is sourced from frosty or cold locations) how it is grown (i.e. high nitrogen levels reduces cold tolerance), the age of the tree – the older your tree, the hardier it will be. Younger Eucs are more susceptible to frost damage. how long it has been planted in the ground. The deeper you can encourage the rooting by digging a deep planting pit at the time of installation, the quicker your tree will establish and you will increase its ability to survive cold winters. See our planting notes for more details. For more information on how to help your Eucalyptus become more hardy – see our Guidance Notes here: https://www.hardy-eucalyptus.com/hardiness-and-eucalyptus-trees-in-the-uk/