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If you want to attract birds to your garden, have some interesting foliage, or perhaps a talking point about your garden, why not plant one of our lovely unusual Eucalypts.

They come in all sizes and shapes and when established need very little water.  The foliage can be a great attraction and you get that extra bonus with flowers and buds.

Some that do this are:

Eucalyptus caesia ssp.

Magna, commonly called "Silver Princess".  Grows to about 3 to 7 metres.  Slender open-crowned tree with weeping habit has silvery buds opening to pink or almost red, tipped with golden anthers.  Can be pruned to ground level, will respond with several new trunks.

Eucalyptus caesia

Gungurra which is overlooked most times for the above variety.  In its defense this is a beautiful small tree with lovely dark brown small trunks, bark then curls on the trunk.  It has masses of pale pink flowers and is a great bird attractor.

Eucalyptus macrandra

Long flowered Marlock, an unusual mallee under most conditions but put in cultivation becomes a bushy tree up to 7 metres.  Smooth brown bark, leaves bluey green, has massed horn-like buds, flowers are yellow and in profusion appearing in summer.  Great for birds and insects.

If you like that dark trunk effect Eucalyptus sideroxylon (iron bark) may be the tree; it can grow quite large up to 10 to 15 metres and can have many forms.  Blue foliage forms seen to have those red or pink flowers, also shows off dark to black bark.  Requires lots of room, not for small gardens.  Again this is a great bird attracting tree.

Eucalyptus macrocarpa

Rose of the west.  Very distinctive mallee up to 4 metres in height with spectacular red flowers.  The foliage of the E. macrocarpa attracts almost as much attention as the flowers.  The leaves are silvery-grey in colour and up to 12cm long.  The flowers may be 10cm in diameter and are usually bright red, but pink-red forms are known. Flowering occurs from early Spring to mid Summer.  The gum nuts which follow the flowers are also an interesting feature of the tree.

Best suited to climates that have a dry Summer. Good drainage is also a requirement.

For a wide range of Eucalypts go to The Native Shop plants, seeds and more delivered to your door.