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Dallachy's Gum

Corymbia dallachiana

Also called Ghost Gum

Dallachy's Gum
Photo: Ethel Aardvark, CC BY 3.0

Dallachy's gum is a tree native to Queensland, Australia, that typically reaches about 15 m and has smooth, pale bark. It is a species of eucalypt-relative best suited to warm, sunny sites with well-drained soil, and it is rarely grown outside its native range.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water young trees regularly until established, then rely on rainfall; it tolerates dry spells once mature.
Soil
Well-drained soil, tolerant of poor and sandy soils.
Temperature
Warm to hot climates; suited to frost-free areas, protect young plants from frost.
How easy
Moderate

About

Corymbia dallachiana commonly known as Dallachy's ghost gum or Dallachy's gum, is a species of tree that is endemic to Queensland. It has smooth bark, lance-shaped or curved adult leaves, flower buds usually in groups of three, white flowers and cup-shaped, cylindrical or barrel-shaped fruit.

Where it grows

Corymbia dallachiana grows in grassy woodland on plains and on creek levees east of a line from Coen to Jericho and south from Bathurst Bay to Rockhampton and Emerald.

Other Corymbia plants

Corymbia aparrerinja · Redgum · Lemonscented gum · Redflower gum · Mountain Marri · Spotted Gum · Swamp bloodwood · Bloodgums

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Corymbia dallachiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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