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Nursery Direct
Woollybutt
Eucalyptus longifolia
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
Supplied in 45Ltypically 1.5 to 2.5m tall on delivery
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Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
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After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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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.
Woollybutt - Eucalyptus longifolia
The common name describes the tree precisely: a thick sock of rough, fibrous grey bark clothes the lower trunk while the upper limbs shed clean to pale grey and cream. Eucalyptus longifolia hangs long, narrow, drooping leaves from an open crown and produces unusually large pendulous flower buds carried in threes, which is the quickest way to identify it. On the heavy clay flats and poorly drained coastal country of eastern New South Wales it performs where better-known gums decline.
Why Woollybutt
Clay Tolerance: Native to heavy, often poorly drained coastal clays, it accepts soils that defeat many nursery-grown eucalypts.
Flower Display: Large creamy flowers hanging in threes on long stalks are among the more conspicuous in the genus.
Two-Tone Trunk: The contrast between the rough grey stocking and the smooth pale limbs above is a strong architectural feature.
Wildlife Support: A recognised koala food tree in parts of its range and a heavy nectar producer for birds.
Weeping Habit: Long pendulous adult leaves give the canopy movement in even a light breeze.
Ideal Applications
Large Rural Shade Tree: A single specimen anchors a paddock corner or house approach on acreage.
Wet Site Planting: Suits dam surrounds, drainage lines and low-lying corners that stay damp after rain.
Habitat and Revegetation: Widely used in coastal restoration work on the New South Wales south coast.
Parkland Grouping: Planted in loose groups it recreates the open woodland character of the coastal plain.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 8 to 12m
Spacing (feature/avenue): 14 to 18m
Best Planting Season: Autumn to early spring on the coast
Soil & Drainage: Prefers heavier clay loams and alluvial soils, copes with periodic waterlogging, and tolerates moderate drainage far better than most gums
Establishment Care: Water deeply but less often on clay soils, allowing the surface to dry between soakings so the roots are not sitting in a saturated planting pit. Mulch broadly to keep the clay from setting hard, and remove stakes as soon as the tree is self-supporting.
Plant Details
Height: 15 to 25m
Width: 10 to 15m
Growth Rate: Fast
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Full sun
Native to: Coastal New South Wales, from around Sydney to the far south coast
Flower Colour: Cream to white
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.







