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Eucalyptus signata

Eucalyptus signata
Photo: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, CC0

Eucalyptus signata, the Scribbly Gum, is a small to medium evergreen tree from eastern Australia, growing up to about 25 m tall, known for its white bark marked with scribbles made by moth larvae. It needs a sunny, well-drained site and does best in its native climate.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly when young and during dry spells; established trees tolerate dry conditions.
Soil
Well-drained soil, sandy or loamy; tolerates poor soils.
Temperature
Tolerates a wide range; frost-hardy to about -5 °C once established, protect young plants from hard frost.
How easy
Easy

About

Eucalyptus signata is a species of evergreen tree native to eastern Australia. It is one of many trees known as the Scribbly Gum. The habitat is dry sclerophyll forests or swampy areas at low altitude. Occurring from Morisset, New South Wales up the coast and ranges to beyond the Queensland border. The original specimen was collected at the Brisbane River.

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 signata 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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