Eucalyptus bridgesiana
Eucalyptus bridgesiana
Eucalyptus bridgesiana
Eucalyptus bridgesiana
Eucalyptus bridgesiana
Eucalyptus bridgesiana
Apple Box
Very beautiful plant delivered in June 2025
Brigitte , 29/06/2025
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Description
Eucalyptus bridgesiana or Bridges' Gum, native to Australia, produces highly ornamental juvenile foliage with rounded, cordate leaves of a brilliant blue. It forms a large tree with a beneficial shade. During its flowering in white pompoms, it produces a significant amount of nectar and pollen for bees for 2 to 3 months, and yields good quality honey. It grows in ordinary garden soil, in full sun, but also in clayey, humid and cold soil, regardless of the soil's pH. It is frost resistant down to -10° (14 °F) C.
Eucalyptus bridgesiana is an Australian species found in the central-eastern regions of Victoria, on the plateaus of New South Wales and southeast Queensland, near grassy underwoods or streams. Like all Eucalyptus, it belongs to the Myrtaceae family. Its growth is quite fast, and it eventually forms a large tree measuring about 15 m (49 ft 2 in) in height and 8 m (26 ft 2 in) in width, depending on the growing conditions. Its grey bark is very rough and cracked, fibrous, and marbled with shades of grey and white on the trunk and large branches. The crown of adult foliage is a shiny green, made up of pendulous and lanceolate leaves. It is open and wide.
The youngest branches have smooth, cream bark. The juvenile leaves are rounded, cordate, small, and brilliant blue. They are alternate and tightly packed, encasing the stem. This foliage gives off a typical Eucalyptus scent when crushed. The plant also produces many shoots from dormant buds located under its bark, allowing it to respond very well to coppicing and pollarding. The ornamental quality of the young foliage makes this pruning option interesting: this eucalyptus can be regularly pruned to keep it in the form of a 2-metre (6 feet 7 inches) high bush and enjoy only its juvenile foliage. Flowering spreads from November to May, depending on the climate and the age. In general, it appears in March-April. The flowers are located in the leaf axil in groups of 7 white glomerules. The quality of the nectar and pollen for bees, for 2 to 3 months, also makes it a valuable tree for good honey production and it can be pruned into a bush for this use.
Eucalyptus bridgesiana has a lignotuber just below the soil surface. This organ allows it to regrow from the stump in the event of severe frost, fire or radical pruning. Easy to maintain and not very picky about the soil, it tolerates clay and a bit of limestone, as well as acidic or ordinary soil. It is effective as a windbreak and provides appreciable shade. Its young foliage is of high value for floral art and bouquet making.
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Botanical data
Eucalyptus
bridgesiana
Myrtaceae
Apple Box
Australia
Planting and care
Eucalyptus bridgesiana is best planted at the beginning of autumn or at the beginning of spring in cold regions, in well-prepared soil, not too dry to moist, in a very sunny situation. Clay or silty soils, even limestone, are well tolerated. This species does not like hot summers and dry lands much. Water well at planting, then regularly the first year, especially in dry weather and if the summer is dry and hot. Then let nature take its course, the growth is very rapid. No need for pruning, but the plant tolerates pruning very well after 3 or 4 years of cultivation. In March, you can cut back near the ground to form a beautiful, thick bush 2-3 m (6 ft 7 in-9 ft 10 in) high.
You can adopt the same cultivation method as a grove of dogwoods (Cornus alba) or hazelnuts (Corylus avellana) with annual or biennial pruning, keeping it at a height of 2 m (6 ft 7 in) in bush form.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, etc.)
It will vary according to where you live:- In zones 9 to 10 (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), flowering will occur about 2 to 4 weeks earlier.
- In zones 6 to 7 (Germany, Poland, Slovenia, and lower mountainous regions), flowering will be delayed by 2 to 3 weeks.
- In zone 5 (Central Europe, Scandinavia), blooming will be delayed by 3 to 5 weeks.
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands).
It will vary according to where you live:
- In Mediterranean zones (Marseille, Madrid, Milan, etc.), autumn and winter are the best planting periods.
- In continental zones (Strasbourg, Munich, Vienna, etc.), delay planting by 2 to 3 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 2 to 4 weeks in autumn.
- In mountainous regions (the Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians, etc.), it is best to plant in late spring (May-June) or late summer (August-September).
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.