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Black Peppermint

Eucalyptus nova-anglica

Also called New England Peppermint

Black Peppermint
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Eucalyptus nova-anglica is a small to medium eucalypt tree native to cool upland woodlands and swampy flats in eastern Australia. It grows best in full sun with fairly moist soil and tolerates cold winters.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while young and keep the soil moist, but avoid waterlogging once established.
Soil
Moist, well-drained loam or clay loam; tolerates heavier soils.
Temperature
Tolerates cool to cold winters; protect young plants below -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. Queensland to NE. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Eucalyptus nova-anglica, commonly known as the New England peppermint or black peppermint, is a species of small to medium-sized tree endemic to eastern Australia. It has thick, rough, fibrous bark on the trunk and larger branches, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and hemispherical or conical fruit.

Where it grows

New England peppermint grows in woodland and cold, swampy flats between Stanthorpe in far southeastern Queensland to near Nowendoc in New South Wales, mainly within the New England Peppermint Grassy Woodland.

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 nova-anglica 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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