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Southern Peninsula Flowering Gum
Corymbia ficifolia ‘Southern Peninsula’
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Supplied in 400mmtypically 1.5 to 2.5m tall on delivery
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Southern Peninsula Flowering Gum - Corymbia ficifolia ‘Southern Peninsula’
The Western Australian flowering gum is the most spectacular flowering eucalypt in cultivation, carrying huge terminal clusters of scarlet, orange or pink stamens through summer on a compact, rounded, densely leafed crown. Corymbia ficifolia comes originally from a small area of high rainfall country near Walpole in the far south west, which explains its two firm requirements: a dry summer climate and sharply drained soil. It thrives across southern Victoria, South Australia and the cooler parts of Western Australia, and struggles badly in humid summer rainfall zones.
Why Flowering Gum
Summer Flowering Mass: Large corymbs smother the canopy from December to February, comfortably the heaviest flowering of any eucalypt used in gardens.
Compact Crown: It stays rounded and relatively small for a eucalypt, keeping it usable in suburban front gardens.
Bird Attraction: Lorikeets, wattlebirds and honeyeaters work the flowers heavily for weeks.
Ornamental Gumnuts: Large urn shaped woody capsules follow the flowers and hold decoratively into the following season.
Seed Grown Variation: Plants raised from seed rather than grafted show natural colour variation from deep scarlet through orange to pink, so each tree is individual.
Ideal Applications
Front Garden Feature: A single tree in open lawn or gravel gives a full summer display at a scale that suits a suburban block.
Coastal Southern Garden: Performs well in Mediterranean climate coastal districts with dry summers and free draining sand.
Wildlife Planting: Placed within sight of a window it becomes a reliable summer nectar station for parrots and honeyeaters.
Low Water Streetscape: Used on verges and median strips in southern councils where irrigation ends after establishment.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 3 to 4m
Spacing (feature/avenue): 6 to 8m
Best Planting Season: Spring and early autumn. Avoid planting into cold wet winter soil, which invites root rot.
Soil & Drainage: Sharp drainage is non negotiable. Sandy and gravelly soils are ideal, and heavy clay should be mounded 300 to 400mm to lift the root plate above winter water. Keep phosphorus low.
Establishment Care: Water deeply but infrequently through the first two summers, roughly every ten days, and then stop entirely. Mulch with coarse material kept well clear of the trunk, and avoid overhead watering onto the foliage in humid weather, which encourages leaf disease on this species.
Plant Details
Height: 6 to 10m in cultivation
Width: 4 to 6m
Growth Rate: Moderate to fast
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Full sun
Native to: A small natural range in the far south west of Western Australia
Flower Colour: Scarlet, orange or pink, variable in seed grown plants
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
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Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
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How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







