Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Azura’ 12 litre Air-pot standards 240-270cm

Treat yourself or someone special in your life to one of these superb standards as a screening tree for small gardens or pot on now into a larger pot (30 litre Air-Pot container of course!) as a mature standard

We have grown on these Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Azura’ 12 litre Air-pot standards for a few years in the nursery to develop nice fat sturdy trunks, to produce a robust tree

The Full Details about Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Azura’ 12 litre

Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Azura’ is absolutely fabulous as a smaller growing garden tree – very easy to grow.

Superb bushy cultivar of compact habit with much smaller genes than its parents -the monster Eucalyptus gunnii.

Pruning is very simple. To keep your Eucalyptus gunnii Azura in shape, prune March and again in June if you want to keep it very tight and tidy.

Grow Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Azura’ as a shrub-on-a-stick, small bushy screening tree anywhere from 2.4m up to 5m tall.  Allow it to grow a little taller to say around 6-8m, if you want height.

OR keep Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Azura ‘trimmed as a short bushy shrub in your garden.  This is a very versatile plant.

Great for cut foliage – very productive with the classic, cute, round, blue leaf.

Biometrics for Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Azura’ 12 litre

Shoots ‘n Leaves: Young shoots are covered in silvery white wax

Juvenile foliage: Rounded, intense silvery blue, with some rose pink and silvery white on the new growth in summer.

Adult foliage: Intermediate foliage is elliptical and then the foliage will change to the typical lanceolate E. gunnii foliage as the tree matures; however the internodes are very short, giving a bushy appearance. Regular pruning will encourage the rounded juvenile blue foliage.

Bark: Smooth bark in pewter grey, cream, olive or sometimes pinky brown, flaking off in large pieces to reveal new bark in shades of pale gold or creamy silver.

Flowers: White flowers followed by gum nuts.

Leaf Aroma: Eucalyptol, but not as strong as its cousin Eucalyptus archeri

Rate of Growth: Slowish for a Eucalyptus. In the nursery, our Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Azura’ have grown about 30cm (1ft) over 4 months, so will possibly grow 60-90cm (2-3ft) in an average year.  We will update this page as we gather data from our nursery trials.

Height in maturity, if left unpruned:  Current estimates are that E. gunnii ‘Azura’ will reach 5m (15ft) tall by about 2m wide in the medium, and approximately 10m (30ft) in the long term – say 20+ years. It may be taller in exceptional growing conditions, but still less than half the finished height of its parents.  Remember, Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Azura’ is a versatile, much bushier tree than straight E. gunnii.  Reminiscent of a Pittosporum in habit, it can be kept trimmed to form a small tree or ‘shrub-on-a-stick’ for the smaller garden.

Here is the link to our short pruning video  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP4ldDRtHeQ

Click here for the link to our Guidance Notes on Pruning with images

Hardiness: Root system hardy in the region of -14 to -16°C, exceptionally hardy for a Eucalyptus, once mature.

Hardiness in Eucalyptus is governed by

• provenance – this is a dwarf hybrid (not grown from seed), its parents are exceptionally hardy
• how it is grown (i.e. high nitrogen levels reduces cold tolerance). Eucalypts need to be grown without stress – see our blog post on the subject.
• the age of the tree – the older your tree, the hardier it will be. Younger Eucs are more susceptible to frost damage.
• how long it has been planted in the ground. The deeper you can encourage the rooting by digging a deep planting pit at the time of installation, the quicker your tree will establish and you will increase its ability to survive cold winters. See our planting notes for more details.

Click here to read more about hardiness in Eucalyptus  and how you can help your Eucalyptus to be as hardy as possible