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Nursery Direct
Bookleaf Mallee
Eucalyptus kruseana
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
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Supplied in 500mm
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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.
Bookleaf Mallee - Eucalyptus kruseana
Few eucalypts are grown purely for foliage, but Eucalyptus kruseana is the exception: small rounded silver-blue leaves clasp the stem in opposite pairs, stacked along every branch like the pages of a book. It stays a compact mallee rather than a tree, and through autumn and winter lemon blossom appears directly along those stems between the discs of foliage. It comes from the dry goldfields country of Western Australia and needs those conditions repeated.
Why Bookleaf Mallee
Stem Clasping Foliage: Rounded silver-blue leaves sit tight against the stem in perfect opposite pairs, unique among the gums in cultivation.
Compact Size: A true mallee that stays shrub scale, so it fits gardens where a eucalypt would normally be reckless.
Cool Season Flowering: Lemon to greenish yellow blossom opens along the stems from autumn into winter.
Cut Foliage: The stems are prized by florists and last exceptionally well in a vase.
Drought Endurance: Built for a dry inland climate, it needs almost no water once established.
Ideal Applications
Gravel Garden Feature: A silver focal shrub among stone, spinifex and other dry country natives.
Cut Foliage Row: Planted in a line and cut regularly for the house or for sale.
Low Water Courtyard: Where reflected heat and no irrigation would kill a softer shrub.
Large Container: Grown in a well drained pot in a hot open position.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 1.5 to 2m
Spacing (feature/avenue): 2.5 to 3m
Best Planting Season: Autumn in warm districts, spring in cold ones
Soil & Drainage: Sandy or gravelly soil with very sharp drainage, neutral to alkaline. It performs poorly in humid east coast conditions and in soil that stays wet.
Establishment Care: Water only enough to get it through the first summer, then leave it alone entirely. Use gravel mulch, keep fertiliser and organic matter away from the base, and tip prune lightly after flowering to hold a dense habit.
Plant Details
Height: 1.5 to 3m
Width: 2 to 3m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Full sun
Native to: Inland southern Western Australia, around the Norseman district
Flower Colour: Lemon to greenish yellow
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.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
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
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
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.







