Have you ever heard of the Eucalyptus cinerea? Do you know what kind of plant it is? The first thing you should know is that it is one of the most resistant and easy to care for, which adorn any garden but you can also have it in a pot.
If you want to know how is he Eucalyptus cinerea, the care you need, what is its origin and natural habitat and other aspects, below we will tell you everything.
Features Eucalyptus cinerea
El Eucalyptus cinerea it is actually a tree. It is known by many other names, such as Argyle apple tree, medicinal eucalyptus, ashen eucalyptus, silver eucalyptus, etc. Medium or large in size (it can reach 15 meters high), it is characterized by having a rough and quite wide bark. It is red or brown to gray in color. The branches of this tree are quite large and already in its adolescent stage it can easily mature, producing small to adult pedunculated and lanceolate leaves of about 11x2cm. These can be glaucous, which are the usual, blue-gray, also common, or pink.
And something striking about this species of tree is that produces flowers. They are white in color and appear in spring.
It is one of the trees that will attract bees, so you should know if you do not like these insects too much. In addition, you will have a very peculiar aroma in the garden, not at all unpleasant, but very striking that you can hide the scents of other plants.
Where does he come from Eucalyptus cinerea
This tree comes from New South Wales in Australia. Their natural habitat is the savannahs of that area, where they are used and serve to cut off winds.
Although it is a tropical species, the truth is that it can adapt, as long as it is cared for, to other climates. The usual thing is that it is placed in small gardens, either in pots or in the ground itself.
Caring for the Eucalyptus cinerea
If you liked this plant, before you start looking for it in nurseries or in online stores, it is convenient that you know what care it needs so that it does not die in the first weeks.
Lighting and temperature
You need to know that the Eucalyptus cinerea is a tree that needs be in the sun. Direct. So when planting it, whether in a pot or in the garden, you must ensure that it receives the greatest amount of direct sun so that it can develop well.
As for the temperature, it is a tropical tree, but that does not mean that it does not tolerate temperatures well. In fact, being in full sun it can withstand the heat, but also the cold. Yes indeed, If the thermometer falls below minus 18 degrees, you can have serious problems.
Earth
Another important aspect of the Eucalyptus cinerea It is the land that you are going to use. It is not a tree that needs moisture to live, so its substrate can be dry, sandy, clayey, silty ... Of course, it needs a drainage so that it does not produce accumulations of water that could affect its roots. It should have a well-nourished and fertile soil to help it grow.
Irrigation
Watering this plant is not as important as it can be with others. In pot will require more water than if you had it in the garden, and the amount of water is also greater when the specimen is young than when it is adult.
In general, young people should be watered 2-3 times a week, moderately, in spring and summer; and 1-2 in winter and fall. In the case of adults, once a week in spring and summer and 1 every 15 days in winter and autumn would be enough.
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In addition to the fertile soil you must have, it is recommended Lightly fertilize with a liquid fertilizer that you can pour into the irrigation water. This is done mainly in spring, which is when it blooms and in summer it may not be applied.
Another way is to fertilize the tree in the fall to make the winter easier, or in the spring.
Pruning
As a tree, it should be pruned from time to time. In young specimens the formation pruning will be important because we will define the structure of the tree. In adults, it is usually based on cutting those branches that look deteriorated and / or dry.
Pruning you should do it in early spring to help it have more strength and greater flowering. But that does not mean that you cannot do maintenance pruning throughout the year, either so that it does not grow too much, to eliminate branches that could hinder others, etc.
Transplant
If you have at Eucalyptus cinerea in a pot, every 1-2 years you would have to change it to a bigger one. Your own plant is going to ask you for it because it will need a larger space.
And yes, there will come a time when you have to put it in the ground to keep it growing.
El transplantation, such as pruning or composting, it is better to do it in spring, but keep in mind the following: if you transplant it, do not fertilize it. By transplanting it, you are already giving it fertile soil, which is what compost does, and abusing it is not good for the tree.
Multiplication
As for how this tree can be reproduced, the only way that is 100% known is through the seeds. These must have matured (for this, nothing like leaving them for a year).
That is, you can collect the seeds of the flowers in autumn especially and let them dry and mature for a full year, in such a way that you should plant, not in that following spring but in the other (even if more than a year passes) .
As you can see, the Eucalyptus cinerea it is very easy to care and maintain, so it can be one of the trees to consider in your garden. If you comply with the care it requires, you will not have any problem with it. And if you have questions or want us to clarify any aspect you can always contact us.
hello. Eucalyptus cinerea is the same as gunni or silver?
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Hi Esther.
No, the cinerea grows on the Australian continent, while the gunni it does in neighboring Tasmania.
Likewise, the cinerea »alone» reaches a maximum height of 21 meters, while the gunnii can reach 25m.
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good and planted eucalyptus conerea and seme they are drying up. when he uprooted it they barely have roots... what could be the problem??
I have a eucalyptus planted in my garden and it already has a height of about 5 meters, many people have told me to cut it since it is one meter away from a water cistern, indicating that its roots can break the cistern in search of of water. This is true? I would not want to cut it since it looks very pretty and I have read that it does not require much water other than irrigation. I need help. Thank you
Hi jeson.
Indeed, the roots of eucalyptus trees are very, very long. In fact, it is recommended to plant them about ten meters away from where there are pipes, since otherwise they could break them.
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