Eucalyptus cinerea (PLUG grown) Mealy stringybark

Medium tree / Evergreen / Tolerates exposed sites / Tolerates dry sites / Attractive flowers or catkins / Attractive to birds / Attracts bees / Firewood / Shelter / Container Grown

Popular in Canberra as a street tree and in parks. Silvery-grey juvenile foliage retained for many years. Bark rough, furrowed, grey over red-brown. Tolerates frost, dry and low fertility soils & coastal conditions. A symphiomyrtus, but little affected by insects. Posts and firewood, not for quality uses. Spring plant.