(Red Flowering Gum)

A compact, red-flowered selection of a beautiful Australian tree, 'Rosea' is an excellent choice for smaller yards where winters are mild. From winter into summer it bears shaggy, rosy-red, skirt-shaped flowers in groups of three. They stand out nicely against the glossy dark-green, lance-shaped adult leaves, which droop attractively from the slightly pendulous branches. The cup-shaped green seed capsules are relatively large. This small, typically multi-trunked tree has gray outer bark that sheds...

(Coolibah Tree)

This large, evergreen tree is native to Northern Australia. The wood is extremely hard and difficult to work with but is excellent for firewood and makes long-lasting fence posts. Its trunk may be single or multi-stemmed and is often crooked. Rough, gray, platy and furrowed bark lines the trunk and adds landscape interest. The gray-green to blue-green leaves are long, lance-shaped and highly aromatic. They are flattened, smooth and flutter in the breeze. The flower clusters are grouped in branched...

(Nichol's Willow-leaved Peppermint)

A tidy small to medium-sized tree with handsome evergreen foliage, this native of eastern Australia makes an excellent specimen for lawns and streets. Occurring over a small area of New South Wales, it often forms a rather sparsely branched tree in the wild. In fertile garden soil it grows more rapidly and densely.

The horizontal to drooping, gray to gray-green branches bear narrow pendulous gray-green to pale green leaves that smell of peppermint when bruised. New leaves are purple-tinged....

(Ghost Eucalyptus)

This pale-trunked eucalyptus from central, northern and western Australia is also one of the best for arid regions such as the Southwest United States. There (and in other dry, mild-winter climates) it forms an upright, slightly arching, medium-sized tree whose chalk-white bark gleams in the landscape, especially at twilight. The bright green, lance-shaped, pendulous leaves nicely complement the bark. The leaves flutter in the slightest breeze. The flowers and fruits are insignificant.

This sun-loving,...

(Silver Dollar Gumtree)

Its cool blue-green juvenile foliage and moderate size make this Southeast Australian native a popular choice for home landscapes. A medium-sized, upright, evergreen tree with somewhat ascending, often arching branches, it has round silvery leaves when young. More mature specimens bear oval gray-green leaves. Both types sometimes occur on the same tree, providing added visual interest. The aromatic, colorful foliage is popular in cut flower arrangements. Clusters of small white fuzzy flowers appear...

(Silverleaf Mountain Gum)

Grown for its fine silvery green foliage and exceptional drought tolerance, silverleaf mountain gum is a tall, weak-stemmed shrub or small tree with a coarse, interesting habit. Its rounded, juvenile foliage is especially pretty and valued for fresh and dried arrangements. This Australian native was brought to California as an ornamental shrub and has since become naturalized across the San Francisco Bay area where it pops up in coastal plant communities and disturbed urban areas.

Silverleaf...

(Flooded Gum)

A valuable eucalyptus for coastal gardens, this medium-sized evergreen tree is native to seasonally flooded sites in Southwest Australia. It forms an upright, sometimes low-branched, open-crowned tree with rough gray bark. The rounded to oval gray-green to green leaves have red stalks. Bark on young branches and on trunks of some specimens is smooth and light gray. White fuzzy flowers appear from winter to spring, followed by small conical seed capsules that do not pose a litter problem when they...

(Ironbark)

One of the few eucalypts grown for it showy flowers as well as for its handsome bark and evergreen foliage, this medium-sized to large tree is native to coastal and inland areas of eastern Australia. Variable in habit, it has deep red-brown bark whose hardness earns it the name "ironwood". Younger branches have smooth gray bark. The flowers – which are among the largest of the genus – bloom heavily over a long season from winter into spring. Borne in showy pendulous red-stemmed clusters, the shaggy,...

(Ironbark, Pink Flowered Ironbark)

One of the few eucalypts grown for it showy flowers as well as for its handsome bark and evergreen foliage, this medium-sized to large tree is native to coastal and inland areas of eastern Australia. Variable in habit, it has deep red-brown bark whose hardness earns it the name "ironwood". Younger branches have smooth gray bark. The flowers – which are among the largest of the genus – bloom heavily over a long season from winter into spring. Borne in showy pendulous red-stemmed clusters, the shaggy,...

(Coral Gum)

Perhaps the most beautiful in flower of all the eucalypts, this small evergreen tree from Southwest Australia is also remarkably adaptable. Of upright, somewhat vase-shaped habit, it has rough dark gray bark on older growth and smooth paler bark on its upper branches. Small lantern shaped red buds open to puffy clusters of coral flowers followed by urn-shaped seed capsules. The abundant blossoms sometimes bow the branches under their weight. This tree blooms on and off year round, giving it high...