Ironbark
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Ironbark

Eucalyptus sieberi buds

Scientific Name

Eucalyptus Sieberi

Family Name

MYRTACEAE

Common Name

Ironbark

General Information

Height 15.0m - 30.0m (1500-3000cm)
Flowers Umbels with 5-15 flowers.
Fruit Woody capsule
Form Tree
Municipalities Break O'Day; Dorset; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Northern Midlands; Waratah-Wynyard
Communities Dry Eucalypt Forest and Woodland
Habitat Notes Local in the north east from sea level to c.600m. Usually found on steep slopes with gravelly soils. Often forms pure stands w ith almost totally absent understoreys.
Site Tolerance Dry; Rocky
Frost Tolerance Moderate
Soil Tolerance Loam; Poor; Well-drained
General Notes Produces valuable hardwood. May be quite ornamental, with dark hard deeply furrowed bark on trunk and branches, chalky white, young twigs reddish. Not suitable for suburban gardes due to mature size. Not suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Flowering Months
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Seed Collecting Months
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Sowing Months
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Cutting Months
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Seed Information

Seed Collection Collect capsules and store in paper bags until valves open to release seed. a reliable seeder, best months to collect sept.-feb
Seed Treatment Method Standard
Seed Storage Life 10 years at 4oC
Viable Seeds Per Gram 110
Seed Treatment Notes 6-8 weeks to pricking out.
Germination Time 2-4 weeks
Suitable For Direct Seeding Yes

Cuttings

Propagation By Division No