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Blue Leaved Ironbark

Eucalyptus nubila

Eucalyptus nubila is a large ironbark eucalypt native to eastern Australia, with blue-grey foliage and dark, deeply furrowed bark. It is a tree for open, sunny sites with good drainage and suits large gardens or parks rather than containers.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water young trees regularly until established, then water deeply and infrequently; mature trees need little supplementary water.
Soil
Well-drained soil, tolerates poor and infertile soils.
Temperature
Frost tolerant once established; protect young trees from hard frost.
How easy
Easy

About

Eucalyptus nubila, commonly known as the blue-leaved ironbark, is a type of ironbark tree found in eastern Australia, in Queensland and New South Wales. This plant is in family Myrtaceae.

Other Eucalyptus plants

White eucalyptus · New England Stringybark · River redgum · Coowarra Box · Coolabah · Narrowleaf red ironbark · White gum · Indonesian gum · River peppermint gum · Tasmanian bluegum · Cider gum · Araluen Gum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eucalyptus nubila 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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