Mallee Eucalyptus species of the Greater Blue Mountains
Mallee Eucalyptus have an attractive and unique habit makes them perfectly suited for Australian native and mediterranean style gardens. They aretough and drought tolerant making them ideal for waterwise gardens. They attract native birds and wildlife to your garden.
Eucalyptus stricta - Blue Mountains Mallee Ash - Plant Profile
Eucalyptus Stricta, commonly known as the Blue Mountains Mallee Ash, is a small Mallee tree or mallee. This resilient plant, with a height ranging from 5 to 7 meters depending on the substrate, boasts a width of 3 to 5 meters. It forms roots system know as a lignotuber. The Blue Mountains Mallee Ash exhibits elegant small flowers on previous seasons growth in hues of white to cream. Thriving in temperate to cool-temperate climate zones, this species is somewhat versatile in its light requirements, flourishing in full sun and tolerating light shade. It proves to be hardy thriving in sandy, poor soils, with a preference for acidic to neutral pH levels. Notably frost-hardy, this plant showcases its hardiness in our tough australian climate.