About
Eucalyptus delegatensis, the alpine ash, is a majestic, tall evergreen tree with a straight, clean trunk, brown to blue-grey and white bark that sheds in strips from branches while remaining persistent on the trunk, and an open, airy canopy of dull-green, glaucous-tinted, aromatic, tapering leaves. White flowers in clusters of up to 15 appear in midsummer, highly attractive to bees. Mature specimens can reach 60 m � a tree for large gardens or parkland.
About the genus
Eucalyptus are evergreen trees or large shrubs, most native to Australia, often fast-growing with attractive, often peeling or mottled bark, aromatic foliage and clusters of fluffy white, yellow or red flowers. Grown as specimen trees, hedges or coppiced for foliage in gardens and parks.
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