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| Kessellii - Jurdacuttup mallee: A small tree or mallee species to 10m (30') found in various coastal and sub-coastal areas in West Australia, including Jurdacuttup. The bark is rough in texture, although it can be smooth on smaller mallees. Juvenile foliage is usually a dull, gray-green and reminds me of the foliage of E. polyanthemos, although the stems on E. kessellii are an attractive red. Adult foliage is usually a shiny green. Flowers are creamy white and in groups of 3 or 7 and have diamond shaped buds. Annual rainfall about 20 inches per year. Zone 9. | |
| Kingsmillii subsp kingsmillii - Kingsmill's mallee: 12-24 x 9-18', 8" rainfall, sandy loam. Wiluna West Australia. Yellow flowers. Zone 9. Annual rainfall 8 inches per year. | |
| Kira Surpreme: A species similar to 'Baby Blue', but with smaller foliage that is a hard leaf type excellent for cut foliage. | |
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Kitsoniana - Gippsland Mallee: Mallee type to 30' with white flowers. Smooth, yellow to white bark. Victoria. Zone 9. |
| Kochii subsp kochii - Oil mallee: 15-21 x 12-24', 14" annual rainfall, sand. West Australia. Zone 9. White flowers. | |
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Kruseana - Kruse's Mallee, Brookleaf Mallee: Small shrub or mallee to 6-9'. Rather unusual growth - bent, crooked trunks. Attractive, thick, blue-gray leaves, mealy white branches, greenish yellow flowers. Suitable for containers - may prune to be compact or just let it do it's thing! West Australia. Zone 8. Annual rainfall 12 inches per year. |
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Kybeanensis - Kybean Mallee Ash: Small species to 16' Smooth, white, gray to gray green bark, white flowers. New South Wales and Victoria. Zone 8. |
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Laevopinea - Silvertop Stringybark: Large tree to 131' with white flowers, essential oil. New South Wales and Queensland. Zone 9. |
| Lane-poolei- Powderbark Gum, Salmon bark Wandoo: Tree to 10 m (30'). Pale orange powdery or white bark. Long tapering green leaves, orange flower buds, creamy white flowers. West Australia. Zone 9. Annual rainfall 24". | |
| Lansdowneana ssp albopurpurea - See Albopurpurea Now known just as Eucalyptus albopurpurea: A Purple-flowered mallee: Normally reddish/purple flowers, although other colors do occur. Smooth, gray over creamy white bark. Mallee to 15'. Full sun, salt spray, lime soils, drought, moderate frost, sand, well-drained, dry, Neutral to alkaline, windbreak, screen, roadside plantings, SA. Zone 9. | |
| Lansdowneana ssp lansdowneana. Crimson Mallee. This species is found in the Gawler Ranges, Eyre Peninsula region of South Australia. A small tree or mallee to about 15' high with deep crimson red flowers. It has thick, shiny green leaves and the small size makes it suitable for most any garden in the proper climate. Zone 8. | |
| Largiflorens Black box: Medium tree to 60' with box type bark, white flowers. South Australia, Zone 8. | |
| Lata - Round-leaved mallee: 6-9' x 6-9', small mallee. Sand, sandy loam, loam. West Australia. Zone 9. 10 inches annual rainfall. | |
| Latens - North Bannister mallee, Narrow-leaved red mallee: 15', 20" rainfall, sand, loam, gravel. Dryandra West Australia. Zone 9. Annual rainfall 20". | |
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Lehmannii - Bushy Yate, Mallee Yate: Green or yellow flowers, mallee to 20'. Cape Riche West Australia. Zone 9. Annual rainfall 18 inches per year. |
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Leptophylla - Narrow-Leaved Red Mallee: A slender stemmed mallee 9-12' tall with reddish branchlets. Shedding bark. Numerous small, conical reddish buds opening into masses of creamy white flowers. SA, Vic, NSW, WA. Prefers area of little rainfall, less than 600 mm (24") rainfall per year. Zone 9. |
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Lesouefii - Goldfield's blackbutt: Good for cut flower production. 36-54' tree with white flowers. Suitable for moderate saline conditions. Annual rainfall about 9 inches per year. West Australia. Zone 9. |
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Leucoxylon ssp megalocarpa - Large-fruited South Australia Blue Gum: 18-24' high with large deep pink to red, profuse flowers. Grows near the coastlines, will grow in beach sand with some wind protection. Excellent species! South Australia& Western Victoria. Zone 9. |
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Leucoxylon ssp petiolaris - Eyre Peninsula blue gum. Most often known as Eucalyptus leucoxylon 'Rosea', but currently is being classified as E. petiolaris..... A tree to 45' with pink to red flowers. Rough, fibrous gray bark. South Australia. Zone 9. Annual rainfall about 16 inches per year. |
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Ligustrina - Privet-leaved stringybark: Smooth, flaky, cream to gray and tan bark. Small species 16-32' with white flowers. New South Wales. Zone 8. |
| Livida - Mallee Wandoo: 9-15' x 6-9' mallee. 10 inches annual rainfall, sandy loam. WA Zone 9. | |
| Longicornis (Mallee form) from West Australia, small mallee to 24' with white flowers and unusual juvenile foliage - something different! Zone 9 | |
| Longifolia Woollybutt: Large coastal tree to 105' from New South Wales. Zone 8. | |
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Luehmanniana - Yellow-top mallee ash: To 21', smooth white bark and glaucous stems. White flowers, shining green leaves. New South Wales. Zone 9. |
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Macarthurii - Camden woollybutt, Paddy's River Box: Fast growing tree to 131'. Rough, fibrous bark on lower trunk, smooth above. White flowers. New South Wales. Zone 8. |
| Macranda - Long-Flowered Marlock, River yate: Small mallee or crooked tree to 16' with fingered clusters of yellow flowers in groups of 15. The flowers are very profuse and last a long time. Rock Gully West Australia. Popular ornamental in California. Zone 9. 16 inches annual rainfall, suitable for slightly saline conditions. | |
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Macrocarpa - Mottlecah, Rose of the West: Although many people want this one due to the silvery foliage and large red flowers, they tend to be straggly mallees or crooked trees 6-12' high. It must have perfectly well drained soils, very low humidity and lots of luck! West Australia. Zone 9. We rarely offer these as plants because our humidity in Virginia does not provide a proper growing environment. 14 inches annual rainfall. |
| Macrorrhyncha ssp macrorrhyncha - Large tree to 114' with white flowers. Rough, thick, fibrous bark, dark brown. New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia. Zone 8. | |
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Mannifera (E. mannifera ssp maculosa) - Brittle Gum: Tree 49-65'. New South Wales, Victoria. Zone 8. |
| Megacornuta - Warted yate: 15-36 x 15-24', 16" rainfall, sand, loam, gravel. The flowers are rather large, yellow-green in color, borne in profusion. WA. Zone 9. | |
| Melanophloia - Silver-Leaved Ironbark: A tree to 60' featuring a beautiful, silvery blue canopy. This species rarely forms adult leaves, it retains juvenile and intermediate leaves. Flowers are white and usually appear in summer. Tolerant of moderate frost and drought resistant. New South Wales, Queensland. Zone 8 | |
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Melliodora - Yellow box, Yellow ironbark: to 90' with sweet scented white flowers. Ornamental, shade, wind resistant, honey, timber, firewood. New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria. Zone 8. |
| Micranthera Alexander River Mallee: Mallee to 4 m with lignotuber. The bark is smooth throughout, shedding in ribbons, light grey to pinkish grey and yellow-grey, flowers are white, adult leaves are glossy green. A mallee endemic to Western Australia, found only in southern coastal and sub-coastal areas west and east of Esperance. Zone 8. | |
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Microcorys - Tallowwood: Large tree to 180' with rough bark, long fibers, spongy, reddish brown. White flowers. New South Wales, Queensland. Zone 8. Annual rainfall 40 inches per year. |
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Microtheca - Coolibah: Tree 49-65' tall, flower color varies. Rough, light orange to dark gray bark. Famous Australia tree. Suitable for heavy soils or flood plains. North Australia Zone 9 |
| Miniata Darwin woollybutt: Mallee to 16' with smooth, shedding bark in ribbons. Flowers are white. Found only in coastal and sub-coastal areas of West Australia, west and east of Esperance. Zone 9. | |
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Mitchelliana - Mt. Buffalo Sallee: Medium tree to 49' with white flowers. White to gray bark. Victoria. Zone 8. |
| Moon Lagoon' - Fine-Leafed Mallee: Juvenile leaves rounded, glaucous. Adult leaves light green, small boomerang shaped, unusual, rare. A popular cut foliage species. | |
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Moorei ssp nana - Little Sally, Narrow-leaved sally: Small species only 7-12' tall with cream flowers. New South Wales. Currently rated Zone 8, may take somewhat colder. |
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Morrisbyi - Morrisby's Gum: Endangered species from coastal area of Hobart Tasmania. Smooth, light brown bark, white flowers. Zone 9. |
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Muelleriana - Yellow Stringybark: Large tree 82-131' with white flowers and stringy type bark. Straight trunk tree with well developed crown. Victoria. Zone 9. Annual rainfall 28". |
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