Eucalyptus sideroxylon

red Ironbark, mugga

A medium sized tree growing to 30m in height. The thick, fibrous bark is deeply furrowed and black on the outer surface, showing a deep red-brown in the furrows. Narrow pendant grey-blue foliage and profuse white, cream, pink or red flowers.


origin	NSW, Vic, Qld.
cultural notes	Adaptable to a range of climates and well drained soils. Prefers full sun or part shade.
tolerates	Tolerant of drought and frost.
flowering season	Winter and Spring.
flower colour	The flowers occur in clusters and are white, cream, pink or red in colour.
foliage colour	The leaves are grey-green in colour, lance-shaped and sometimes slighly curved.
width	up to 8m
height	up to 30m
plant spacing	300cm apart
recommended uses	A good shade tree suitable for medium to large sized gardens and parks. Attracts birds and bees.

plant image credits	HelloMojo

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