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If we return to the main path the next large tree on the right is another Eucalypt, a multi-stemmed Cider Gum (Eucalyptus gunnii) which bears fluffy white flowers in June. Its original home is Tasmania and in the UK it is one of the hardiest Gum trees, growing outdoors well into Scotland. Like all Eucalypts its leaves change as it gets older. The young leaves of the Cider Gum are round and waxy blue and popular with florists. If pruned hard (coppiced) in spring it can be maintained as a shrub with this attractive juvenile foliage. If left to grow it develops adult leaves that are green, lance-shaped and leathery like those of all mature Gum trees. Apart from the Snow Gum, all the other Eucalypts in the Park are Cider Gums.
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This page last updated: 26/01/2005
