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Murraylands Mallee

Eucalyptus cyanophylla

Also called Blue Leaf Mallee, Silver Mallee, Blue Leaved Mallee

Murraylands Mallee
Photo: User:Zenwort, CC BY-SA 4.0

Eucalyptus cyanophylla is a multi-stemmed mallee eucalypt from southern Australia, growing about 5 to 6 m tall with bluish-grey leaves. It is a hardy native suited to dry, sandy, free-draining soils rather than the lush conditions many garden plants prefer.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently once established; avoid soggy soil.
Soil
Sandy or free-draining soil, ideally over limestone or alkaline material.
Temperature
Tolerates hot summers and cool winters; frost hardy to about -8 °C, protect young plants below that.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
South Australia to NW. Victoria
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Eucalyptus cyanophylla, commonly known as the Murraylands mallee, blue-leaved mallee or ghost mallee, is a species of mallee that is endemic to southern Australia. It has mostly smooth bark, greyish blue, lance-shaped or curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and conical, cup-shaped or barrel-shaped fruit.

Where it grows

Blue-leaved mallee grows in sandy soil, usually over limestone, in open shrubland. It is mainly found between Waikerie, Renmark and Alawoona in South Australia and in northwestern Victoria.

Other Eucalyptus plants

Eucalyptus abdita · Badgingarra Box · Wattle Leaved Peppermint · Powder Bark Wandoo · Woolbernup Mallee · White-mahogany · Lakefield Coolibah · Wellstead Mallee · Eucalyptus aenea · Welcome Hill Gum · Blue-leaf stringybark · Black Gum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eucalyptus cyanophylla 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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