{"product_id":"eucalyptus-polybractea","title":"Blue Mallee - Eucalyptus polybractea","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\u003eBlue Mallee - Eucalyptus polybractea\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlue Mallee is the species Australia's eucalyptus oil industry is built on, grown commercially around Inglewood in Victoria and West Wyalong in New South Wales for its exceptionally high cineole content. \u003cem\u003eEucalyptus polybractea\u003c\/em\u003e forms a multi stemmed mallee from a woody lignotuber, sending up a cluster of slender trunks clothed in narrow, intensely blue grey aromatic leaves. In a garden setting it delivers strong silver blue colour at shrub scale with almost no water requirement, and it can be cut hard and will simply reshoot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Blue Mallee\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSilver Blue Foliage\u003c\/strong\u003e: The narrow glaucous leaves give one of the strongest blue tones available in an Australian native, holding colour year round.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLignotuber Regrowth\u003c\/strong\u003e: It coppices readily, so it can be cut to the ground and will regenerate a fresh dense clump of juvenile blue stems.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHigh Oil Content\u003c\/strong\u003e: The foliage is aromatic and is the commercial source of Australian eucalyptus oil.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMulti Stemmed Habit\u003c\/strong\u003e: Several slim trunks rather than one thick one keep it in scale with a garden and give a sculptural base.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExtreme Drought and Frost Hardiness\u003c\/strong\u003e: Adapted to semi arid inland country, it handles heat, dry and hard frost without irrigation.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWaterwise Screen\u003c\/strong\u003e: A row of mallees gives an informal three to five metre screen on unirrigated ground.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCoppiced Foliage Plant\u003c\/strong\u003e: Cut back every two to three years it maintains a compact mound of vivid blue juvenile growth for cutting.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDry Inland Garden\u003c\/strong\u003e: Suits the Wimmera, Mallee, central Victoria, inland New South Wales and the drier South Australian districts.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFarm Oil and Shelter Planting\u003c\/strong\u003e: Grown in rows for oil harvest while doubling as low windbreak on light soils.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 to 3m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 4 to 6m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Autumn or early spring, timed to seasonal rainfall in inland districts.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Free draining sandy, gravelly or loamy soils, including shallow and low fertility profiles. It tolerates mildly alkaline ground but not sustained waterlogging, and needs no fertiliser.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e A deep soak every two weeks through the first summer is sufficient, after which irrigation can stop entirely. Mulch with gravel or coarse bark clear of the stems, and if a denser clump is wanted, cut the plant back hard in late winter of its third year to force multiple new shoots from the lignotuber.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 to 8m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 to 6m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 Semi arid inland Victoria and central New South Wales\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Creamy white, mostly through the cooler months from autumn into early spring\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":59795380109598,"sku":"ND-0718-400MM","price":800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/MevIAUNDJqVm7-MV9iy9u_3goAQLPc.jpg?v=1787314672","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/eucalyptus-polybractea","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}