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Wattle Leaved Peppermint

Eucalyptus acaciiformis

Also called Wattle Leaf Peppermint

Wattle Leaved Peppermint
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Eucalyptus acaciiformis is a eucalyptus tree from the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, growing to about 2.5 to 20 metres. It is grown mainly as an outdoor ornamental or shade tree in cool to subtropical climates, and is tolerant of poor, shallow soils.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water young trees regularly until established, then water deeply and infrequently; mature trees tolerate dry spells well.
Soil
Well-drained soil, tolerates poor, shallow, rocky soils.
Temperature
Hardy in cool temperate to subtropical conditions; frost tolerant once established.
How easy
Easy
Native range
NE. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Eucalyptus acaciiformis, commonly known as wattle-leaved peppermint is a tree growing to about 20 metres (66 ft) in height that is endemic to the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. It has rough, fibrous bark, lance-shaped leaves, white flowers and cup-shaped to bell-shaped fruit. It grows in poor shallow soil, on ridges and slopes.

Where it grows

Willow-leaved peppermint occurs on the northern tablelands north from Nowendoc and almost to the Queensland border. It grows in poor and shallow soils on slopes and ridges, mostly in woodland.

Other Eucalyptus plants

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eucalyptus acaciiformis 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.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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