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Luscious Water Gum
Tristaniopsis laurina ‘Luscious’
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.
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Request photosHow tall it arrives: 400mm about 1.5 to 2.5m, 45L about 1.5 to 2.5m, 430mm about 1.5 to 2.5m, 75L about 1.5 to 2.5m, 100L about 2.5 to 3.5m, 500mm about 2.5 to 3.5m, 150L about 2.5 to 3.5m, 200L about 3 to 4.5m. Heights vary with species and season. How pot sizes work
Getting it in: the largest size here needs about 1.2m of clear, level access. Measure the narrowest point on the route and tell us on the booking call. Standard access is included in the price, and anything unusual is quoted and agreed with you before work begins. What happens on installation day
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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.
Luscious Water Gum - Tristaniopsis laurina 'Luscious'
'Luscious' is a selected form of the eastern Australian water gum, Tristaniopsis laurina, carrying leaves roughly twice the size of the species on a fuller, more even crown. It has become the default small native street tree for good reason: it holds at 4 to 8m, copes with clay and periodic wet feet, and its root system is far better behaved around kerbs and paving than the eucalypts it replaced. Because it is grown from cuttings, a row of them matches, which the seedling species never reliably does.
Why Luscious Water Gum
Larger leaf: broad, deep green foliage gives the canopy real substance and a lusher look than the wild form.
Uniform habit: vegetative propagation means every tree in an avenue carries the same shape and growth rate.
Ornamental bark: the trunk sheds in patches to reveal cream, tan and orange underbark that reads well when the tree is uplit.
Wet soil tolerance: a natural creek bank species, it handles heavy soils and occasional inundation that would kill most street trees.
Summer flowering: clusters of small yellow flowers cover the canopy in summer and draw native insects and birds.
Ideal Applications
Street and driveway avenue: matched trees at even spacing give a formal rhythm without outgrowing the verge.
Narrow setbacks: a modest crown width lets it work in side boundaries and between buildings where larger natives cannot.
Rain gardens and swales: it thrives in the wet and dry cycle of bioretention basins and detention areas.
Car parks and podiums: tolerance of reflected heat and restricted root volume suits raised planters and parking islands.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 2 to 3m
Spacing (feature/avenue): 4 to 6m
Best Planting Season: Autumn or spring
Soil & Drainage: Adaptable to most well-drained soils including clay; prefers moist, fertile soil with good drainage
Establishment Care: Water deeply two to three times per week for the first 8 to 12 weeks until established, then reduce to regular deep watering during dry periods. Apply a layer of mulch around the base to retain soil moisture and suppress weeds.
Plant Details
Height: 4 to 8m
Width: 3 to 5m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Full sun to partial shade
Native to: Eastern Australia
Flower Colour: 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.







