How to grow Eucalyptus in a pot and keep it alive
Eucalyptus grow very well in containers, provided you stick to their rules! A version of this article was originally featured in the 2020 edition of
Eucalyptus for Screening
Garden Centre Screening Trees.
This is a list of our most popular Eucalyptus trees for screening being offered for sale by Garden Centres.
If you have just purchased one of our trees and scanned the QR code on the label, Thankyou. Here are some essential notes we strongly recommend you read before planting your new Eucalyptus trees, links to the details on the individual varieties can also be found below;
Evergreen Screening Trees for Smaller Gardens
‘Our neighbours have installed a loft extension. The dormer windows overlook our garden! Overnight, we’ve lost our privacy. What evergreen screening can you supply?’ ‘Developers
What Do I Do When My Tree Is Home?
Handle your tree by the pot only. Do not lift it using the stem or branches – this is guaranteed to harm the tree and
Caring For Your Eucalyptus After Planting
Once correctly planted, Eucalyptus are relatively easy to look after. A word of warning, they do shed bark and even though they are evergreen, leaves
How To Plant Eucalyptus
We know you are aware that Eucalyptus are non-native, but this also means they have a slightly different biology to other trees, along with certain
What Is This Black Spiky Air-Pot Container? Essential Equipment for growing Eucalyptus
All you wanted to know and didn’t dare ask about the Air-pot Container! What is an Air-pot? A really nifty plant pot designed to keep
Eucalyptus archeri – Alpine Cider Gum – 1 of our absolute favourites
Eucalyptus archeri – Beautiful medium-sized evergreen tree with rounded juvenile silvery blue-green leaves; long weeping glaucous adult foliage. Eucalyptus archeri is hardier and smaller than Eucalyptus gunnii.
Why we like this variety:
- Easy to grow, can be pruned to keep it under
Eucalyptus archeri patio kit – Alpine Cider Gum – 1 of our cracking good EASTER SPECIAL OFFERS 🐣
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Eucalyptus archeri patio kit – Beautiful medium-sized evergreen tree with rounded juvenile silvery blue-green leaves – great in patio containers
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- Eucalyptus archeri 5 litre pruned bush usp £67-
- 1 x 20 litre airpot container usp
Eucalyptus crenulata – Victorian Silver Gum – 1 of 4 great for part shade
Silvery sage-green, aromatic foliage on a moderately sized tree, super flowers for bees, hedge-screen and cut foliage.
Rarely found in the wild, this is a good all round variety – it is much under-rated in cultivation and should be grown more often as it has
Eucalyptus parvula – Small Leaved Kybean Gum – 1 of our absolute favourites
Eucalyptus parvula is one of the absolute best Eucalyptus EVER not only as a screening tree for privacy, but for lots of purposes. Perfect for the UK with many attributes. Easy to grow.
Why we like this species:
- Well behaved moderate sized
Eucalyptus stellulata ‘Kiandra’ – Black Sally – 1 of our Amazing Swamp Gums
Beautiful flowers, foliage and bark make this a superb specimen evergreen tree. It develops a dense crown in maturity and so is a good choice of tree to provide shade.
Why we like this variety:
- Elegant weeping habit of young foliage
- Beautiful flowers
- Fruity
Eucalyptus subcrenulata – Tasmanian Alpine Yellow Gum – 1 of our wonderful Swamp Gums
Eucalyptus subcrenulata has a valuable, rare combination of desirable attributes
- Evergreen tree that will grow in a wet clay soil and enjoy it!
- Looks at home in the British rural aesthetic. It doesn’t look foreign
- Train as a small standard for screening
- Superb in containers
