{"product_id":"eucalyptus-pauciflora-pauciflora-mornington-peninsula","title":"Snow Gum (Mornington Peninsula) - Eucalyptus pauciflora subsp. pauciflora","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice includes everything:\u003c\/strong\u003e the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSnow Gum (Mornington Peninsula) - Eucalyptus pauciflora subsp. pauciflora\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFew Australian trees have a more recognisable trunk than the Snow Gum, with its smooth bark peeling to a marbled patchwork of white, cream, grey and pale olive, often streaked with rusty scribbles. \u003cem\u003eEucalyptus pauciflora\u003c\/em\u003e subsp. \u003cem\u003epauciflora\u003c\/em\u003e is the lowland and tableland form of the species, taller and more upright than the twisted alpine snow gums of the high country, and it carries thick, leathery, grey green leaves with distinctive parallel veins. It is planted as a feature tree where the trunk is the point, and it is exceptionally frost hardy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Snow Gum\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarbled Trunk\u003c\/strong\u003e: The bark is the primary ornamental feature, shedding through summer to reveal fresh white, cream and grey mottling.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSevere Frost Hardiness\u003c\/strong\u003e: It tolerates hard frosts and snow, making it one of the safest eucalypts for cold inland and highland gardens.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLeathery Parallel Veined Leaves\u003c\/strong\u003e: Thick pendulous grey green foliage hangs in a way that filters light rather than blocking it.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eModerate Final Size\u003c\/strong\u003e: The lowland subspecies reaches a usable garden height rather than full forest scale.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpring Flowering\u003c\/strong\u003e: Clusters of white flowers appear through spring into summer and draw substantial bee and honeyeater activity.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTrunk Feature Specimen\u003c\/strong\u003e: Sited where the bark is seen at close range, ideally uplit or against a dark background.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCold Climate Garden\u003c\/strong\u003e: A dependable canopy tree for the tablelands, alpine foothills, Tasmania and cold inland districts.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInformal Grove\u003c\/strong\u003e: Planted in threes or fives at irregular spacing it recreates the open woodland look of natural snow gum country.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFiltered Shade over Planting\u003c\/strong\u003e: Its open crown lets enough light through for understorey shrubs and grasses to grow beneath.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 to 4m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 8 to 10m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spring is safest in cold districts, giving a full growing season before the first winter.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tolerates a wide range of soils from sandy loam to clay loam and copes with poor fertility. Drainage should be reasonable, though it accepts seasonally damp ground better than most gums.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Water deeply every ten to fourteen days through the first two summers, then leave it alone. Mulch to 75mm well clear of the trunk and avoid pruning the lower limbs too early, since young snow gums build trunk calliper faster when they are allowed to keep their low branches for a few seasons.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8 to 18m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6 to 12m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate to fast\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Evergreen\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative to:\u003c\/strong\u003e South eastern Australia, across Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania and South Australia\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e White\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":59795380076830,"sku":"ND-0716-400MM","price":800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/GOGLaJgBgt6GN4VcJzXdX_pO2FatjR.jpg?v=1787314677","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/eucalyptus-pauciflora-pauciflora-mornington-peninsula","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}