Alpine Cider Gum might be most famous for its foliage that is often used as cut material by florists, but this handsome species is also one of the most cold hardy Eucalypts that can be grown in our area.
A very popular cold hardy Eucalyptus, the Black Sallee Eucalyptus Tree has proven itself a reliable choice for the Pacific Northwest. It is valued for its smooth peeling park that reveals a patchwork of soft browns and greens.
One of the most spectacular of the cold hardy eucalypts, Niphophila Alpine Snow Gum is a particularly hardy subspecies of Eucalyptus pauciflora.
The true form of the species Eucalyptus pauciflora, some attest that Pauciflora Alpine Snow Gum is hardier than the various subspecies that are often grown throughout the Northwest.
Tingiringi Gum Eucalyptus Tree is one of the best of the hardy eucalypts for our climates, featuring beautiful silvery glaucus leaves that shimmer in the slightest breeze.
Spinning Wheel Gum Eucalyptus Tree is one of the most gorgeous cold hardy eucalyptus that can be grown in our climate. The foliage is strikingly blue and its spinning wheel name comes from the rounded juvenile foliage.
One of the hardiest species of Eucalyptus, Cider Gum is prized for its round and attractive, fragrant, grayish-silver foliage. With annual pruning you can grow Cider Gum as a large shrub and keep these round, juvenile leaves. Allowed to grow tall, Cider Gum will quickly become an attractive, upright tree and the foliage will become long and lance shaped.
A very unique and rarely seen Acacia from SE Australia, the Red Stemmed Wattle is a satisfying acacia to grow due to its lightning fast growth rate, unique red stems, and contrast of juvenile and adult foliage. When the tree is very young you’ll notice delicate, pinnate foliage that looks much like other acacias, but a year or two in it will begin producing its mature leaves which are actually flattened leaf stalks known as phyllodes. Covers itself in bright yellow flowers in spring and can grow fast enough to keep pace with even the most vigorous of Eucalyptus.
