Description
Eucalyptus neglecta ‘Dargo Plains’ 3 litre – Omeo Gum – 1 of our cracking EASTER SPECIAL OFFERS ð£
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Very hardy, Eucalyptus neglecta âDargo Plainsâ is an excellent and useful small screening tree tolerant of a wide range of growing environments.
Aesthetically, it is great for architectural planting and for Jurassic Park style gardens.
A plant with attitude and deserving of wider usage in the UK. Â It quickly grows into an excellent large, bushy shrub and in the long term it forms a beautiful small specimen tree.
Very hardy, and one of the few species that is tolerant of shady conditions. Striking foliage and a noted fragrance make it ideal as a statement piece in any garden.
Question: How does âDargo Plainsâ differ from the straight âOmeoâ Gum?
Answer: Hardy Eucalyptus at Grafton Nursery have introduced âDargo Plainsâ to the UK. Â Performance in the nursery so far has shown it to be:
- Slightly more vigorous than straight Omeo, so it should reach a good screening height more quickly
- The juvenile foliage is impressively large and more round â a very attractive characteristic
Biometrics for Eucalyptus neglecta âDargo Plainsâ 3 litre
Shoots ân Leaves: New young shoots are pink/purple bronze.
Juvenile leaves are huge (can be up to 17 cm wide and long), rounded and glossy glaucous dark peacock-green, which in a cool moist climate (i.e. most of UK) take on a wonderful purple tinge in the summer. Juvenile leaves persist for between 7-15 years before the shy adult leaves make an appearance.
Adult leaves are large, broad lanceolate and sage-olive green. They remind me of bay leaves on steroids!
Bark:Â Mature bark is variable: being smooth lime-custard through to rough pewter and coffee. Branchlets are glaucous and crinkley/corrugated in appearance and square in cross section.
Flowers:Â White flowers appear in large spherical groups of 7 to 15 buds per umbel.
Fragrance:Â Strong typical Eucalyptus aroma
Rate of Growth:Â Initially very fast at up to 2m per annum then slowing down to a sedate pace of about 1m (3ft) per year
Height: If given optimal growing conditions and not managed it will quickly become a small tree growing up to 6-7m tall (21+ ft-ish), which is impressive, given its huge leaf size.
Very long term it may grow a little taller.
Responds well to regular annual pruning to keep it small either as a bushy shrub or shrub-onna-stick. If maintained as a coppiced/pollarded specimen, it will take on the size and shape of a Pittosporum shrub or coppiced Hazel tree
Click here to see our Pruning Diagrams and Guidance Notes
Eucalyptus neglecta âDargo Plainsâ 3 litre
Hardiness: Noted for its exceptional cold hardiness and happy also in considerable heat; tolerating down to around -12 °C to -15 °C mark, once mature.
Hardiness in Eucalyptus is governed by
- provenance of seed (all our seed is sourced from frosty or cold locations)
- how it is grown (i.e. high nitrogen levels reduces cold tolerance),
- 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.
- Click here to read more about Hardiness in Eucalyptus
- See our planting notes for more details.