By Liliana Usvat
Cultivation and uses In nature Corymbia ficifolia prefers infertile, sandy soils but it is readily adaptable to most temperate locations, provided it is not exposed to severe frost or sustained tropical damp. It is an ideal street tree as it is hardy, moderately fast growing, and rarely grows large enough to require pruning.
The largest known single-stemmed tree in the world (216.5 cm diameter) is located on Princes Street in Hamilton, New Zealand. Because of its big and lovely colourful flowers, genetic improvement for cold resistance in Dublin area in Ireland is being carrying out by collecting seeds from Western and Southern Australia in the coldest parts of Australia where it grows.
In Ireland most of the plants were killed by severe frosts but the surviving shoots have been kept by tissue culture.
It is difficult to graft but grows well from seed, typically taking about 7 years before it flowers for the first time and 15–20 years to reach something approaching its full size of anything between 2–8 m.
For the home gardener, buying a "red flowering gum" from a nursery is something of an adventure: it may or may not be a ficifolia, and the flower colour does not breed true - there is no way to find out what colour the flowers will be short of planting a seedling and waiting for it to reach maturity.
Medicinal Uses
Red-Flowering Gum Tree: Eucalyptus ficifolia.
Type: Tree. Height: 25-30 feet.
Spacing: 20-25 feet apart.
Light Requirements:
Full sun.
Bloomtime: Year-round
Additional Uses: After establishment in the landscape the tree is
- very drought tolerant,
- the leaves are fragrant,
- attracts wildlife to the garden
- very showy red flowers in spring and summer.
Cultivation and uses In nature Corymbia ficifolia prefers infertile, sandy soils but it is readily adaptable to most temperate locations, provided it is not exposed to severe frost or sustained tropical damp. It is an ideal street tree as it is hardy, moderately fast growing, and rarely grows large enough to require pruning.
The largest known single-stemmed tree in the world (216.5 cm diameter) is located on Princes Street in Hamilton, New Zealand. Because of its big and lovely colourful flowers, genetic improvement for cold resistance in Dublin area in Ireland is being carrying out by collecting seeds from Western and Southern Australia in the coldest parts of Australia where it grows.
In Ireland most of the plants were killed by severe frosts but the surviving shoots have been kept by tissue culture.
It is difficult to graft but grows well from seed, typically taking about 7 years before it flowers for the first time and 15–20 years to reach something approaching its full size of anything between 2–8 m.
For the home gardener, buying a "red flowering gum" from a nursery is something of an adventure: it may or may not be a ficifolia, and the flower colour does not breed true - there is no way to find out what colour the flowers will be short of planting a seedling and waiting for it to reach maturity.
Medicinal Uses
- A tea of two or three leaves of Eucalyptus is a drink for stress,
- for restoring your body, and
- purifying your blood.
- it is used to make a tea to treat colds,
- flu, and
- stomach ailments.
- To clear blocked nasal passages, inhale the steam of boiling leaves.
Eucalyptus
can cause allergic reactions in some people.
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