Garden Forwardtree
Yellow gum
Eucalyptus leucoxylon
Growing guidance
Horticultural figures below are practitioner estimates for planning, pending expert review. The botanical record further down is sourced and verifiable.
Current-climate suitability
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Sun
Full sun
Soil moisture
free-draining, average
Heat tolerance
Up to about 46°C
Cold tolerance
Down to about -5°C
Waterlogging tolerance
2/5
Drought tolerance
5/5
Mature size
8–15 m tall, 7 m spread
Seasonal interest
Autumn to spring · Pink to cream
Maintenance
low
Wildlife supported
General wildlife value 5/5 (verified species relationships are shown only where structured data exists)
Known risks or warnings
Drops limbs and bark; keep clear of structures.
Toxicity: none
Verified botanical record
- Accepted scientific name
- Eucalyptus leucoxylon F.Muell.
- Family
- Myrtaceae (Myrtales)
- Rank and status
- species · accepted
- GBIF record
- Taxon 3177019
Recorded as introduced in: Cyprus, Kenya, Tanzania, Western Australia
Ranges are exactly as recorded in the GBIF source checklists and may be incomplete for widely cultivated species.
Eucalyptus leucoxylon, commonly known as yellow gum, blue gum or white ironbark, is a species of small to medium-sized tree that is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It has smooth yellowish bark with some rough bark near the base, lance-shaped or curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of three and cylindrical, barrel-shaped or shortened spherical fruit. A widely cultivated species, it has white, red or pink flowers.
Description from Wikipedia — Eucalyptus leucoxylon (CC BY-SA), shortened and unedited in substance.
Native status and geographic context
- United Kingdom: climate-suitable
- United States: climate-suitable
- Australia: native
Native status is never inferred from climate similarity. Plants restricted or invasive in a jurisdiction are excluded from recommendations there.
Demonstration data. Climate, plant and retailer records shown here are realistic samples awaiting horticultural validation and live data connections.