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Cranbrook Mallee

Eucalyptus vegrandis

Also called Ongerup Mallee

Eucalyptus vegrandis, the Cranbrook or Ongerup mallee, is a multi-stemmed eucalypt native to south-west Western Australia, grown as a tree or shrub. It is a hardy plant that suits dry, sunny gardens with well-drained soil.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently once established; tolerates dry periods.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or loamy soil; tolerates poor, alkaline soils.
Temperature
10–30 °C; frost-tolerant to around -5 °C, protect young plants from hard frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Eucalyptus vegrandis, commonly known as the Ongerup mallee or Cranbrook mallee, is a species of mallee that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has smooth bark, linear to lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, creamy white flowers and cup-shaped or conical fruit.

Where it grows

Ongerup mallee grows in low-lying places, often with saltbush and is found between Jerramungup, Katanning, Cranbrook and Boxwood Hill. Subspecies vegrandis occurs between Ongerup, Katanning Nyabing, Jerramungup and the Bremer River. Subspecies recondita occurs from Cranbrook to the north and south of the Stirling Range but not on the Range itself.

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 vegrandis 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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