
Eucalyptus gunnii blue ice - Blue ice cider gum A form of Cider Gum making an attractive ornamental tree, the juvenile foliage of which is blue-green and can be used for fresh or dried flower arranging. A good hardy variety also for hedging, wind breaks, screening which will tolerate poor drainage. The bark is light grey peeling to reveal brown patches. This must be one of our favourite varieties of Eucalyptus | Eucalyptus glaucescens - Tingiringi Gum A versatile variety of Eucalyptus that's hardy, coppices well, makes a good specimen tree, good for biomass, can be used in flower arrangements and has a pleasant aroma. If left to grow it can attain 50m either as a single stem or multi stemmed tree. Young leaves are glaucous turning a green green - grey in adult life. One reason for it's ornamental use is the bark which sheds in ribbons revealing various colours including green, yellow, pink, white, orange, brown and grey. Young branches are glaucous. Can also be grown indoors. Tends to be slow growing at first but rest assured, this species grows fast. | |||