Family Myrtaceae
Originating from New South Wales and Tasmania
Gracefully reclining upswept trunks with peeling white and silver bark support a billowing canopy of silver blue curving leaves. It rarely grows with a straight or single trunk, instead making a multi stemmed specimen with elegant repose. The aromatic foliage, round when juvenile, encircles the stems, spinning around them in the wind before falling. Abundant scimitar shaped mature leaves and white flowers appear on the glossy pendulous new growth. Easy to grow in all but the coldest areas of the UK in most soil types in full sun.
Height and spread in 10 – 20 years 10m x 8m.
