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🎄Eucalyptus archeri lollipops – Alpine Cider Gum 10th of our 12 exclusive Christmas Offers🎄

£93.09

The Alpine Cider Gum – Beautiful medium-sized evergreen tree with classic rounded juvenile silvery blue-green leaves.  Eucalyptus archeri is hardier and smaller than Eucalyptus gunnii. Ornamental pot cover not included!

Why we like Eucalyptus archeri:

  • Easy to grow, can be pruned to keep it under control
  • Train to form a bushy shrub, lollipop or small screening tree
  • Great in patio pots
  • Excellent cut foliage for floristry
  • Very good in urban and modern style gardens

Sizes Quoted are the approximate height band of the tree above compost level, ie. the height of the tree once planted into the ground. Please note: Eucalyptus are living plants and can grow almost all year round, occasionally we may supply you with a plant that is slightly taller than your order. If this might cause you problems, please include a note with your order.

Click the dropdown below to view our different sizes & prices.

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Description

🎄Eucalyptus archeri lollipops🎄

The Alpine Cider Gum is way better than straight Eucalyptus gunnii.  The foliage is more silvery blue. The tree is bushier and makes them ideal to grow as lollipop trees.

E. archeri closely resembles and is related to E. gunni, but E. archeri ultimately produces a much smaller tree in maturity; making it a better choice for many locations. In a reasonable growing period (if planted well) it produces an admirable evergreen hedge-screen (2-3m tall when pruned), particularly as it is very tolerant of exposure (windy conditions) and salt laden winds.  E. archeri is also an excellent choice for cut foliage and growing in terrace pots. For more details on container growing, read our Guidance Notes on the subject.

🎄 Christmas Offer🎄

  • 1 x Eucalyptus archeri 9 litre lollipop at 60cm
  • 60g Rootgrow
  • 400g Eucalyptus High K Plant Food
  • 4 litres of Mini Pine Bark Chips to mulch your lollipop either in a patio pot or the ground

Eucalyptus archeri lollipop at full value of £82- + Growing Accessories value £11.09

Total value at full price = £93.09

SPECIAL OFFER PRICE only £78.50

save £14.59 (16% discount)

This offer is whilst stocks last.  Offer ends Midnight 6th January 2025

Need delivery just before Christmas?  Last orders are midnight 15th December 2024 to ensure delivery in time for Christmas.

If you do not want your trees to be delivered before Christmas, please email us with details, we will resume shipping from the 6th January 2024.


Hop across to the tab labelled ‘Planting Position and Soil’ to find out what keeps this classic species happy in your garden

Visit the tab labelled ‘How to Use’  to learn about the different ways of growing the Alpine Cider Gum

The Trivia Tab is just that – one for the nerdy botany types with interesting notes…well I think they are interesting!

Biometrics for the Alpine Cider Gum

Shoots ‘n Leaves: Young shoots of the Alpine Cider Gum are striking bright flamingo pink in spring, with silvery white and steely blue
Young stems are carmine/purple with a silvery white bloom give way to pinky brown colour as they mature
Juvenile Foliage: Rounded, a striking silvery blue.
Adult Foliage: Lanceolate/elliptical leaves in blue/green shades, 4-9 cm long.

Bark: The Alpine Cider Gum has very attractive smooth white/grey bark, which flakes and peels to show salmon pink, pewter, chalk white and coffee shades, in a mosaic pattern.

Flowers: White and in groups of 3. In the UK, it appears to flower intermittently between January and June.

Leaf Aroma: Typical fresh Eucalyptus aroma.

Rate of Growth: Medium to fast growth rate of 1.5 to 2 metres per year.

Height in maturity, if left unpruned: The Alpine Cider Gum is a medium sized Eucalyptus of approximately 12-15m tall if unchecked. If pruned, it can be trained to form a screening tree, a lollipop or a multi-stemmed bush like a species rose or coppiced Hazel tree.  Responds well to coppicing and pollarding, when done at the right time.  To receive monthly pruning and aftercare advice, sign up to our Gumnut Club – its free and you can unsubscribe at any time. Simply message us through our contact us page with ‘Sign me up to the Gumnut Club’

Hardiness: Very hardy. Tolerant of exposed conditions.  The young trees in our nursery survived well, during the winter 2010/11. A mature root-system should tolerate down to around -15°C.

Hardiness in Eucalyptus is governed by

  • provenance of seed (all our seed is sourced from the frostiest or coldest locations we can find)
  • 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, particularly if the preceding weather has been unseasonally warm.
  • how long it has been planted in the ground. The deeper you can encourage the rooting by digging a 0.5-0.6m (2 feet) deep planting pit at the time of installation, the quicker your tree will establish and you will increase its ability to survive cold winters. See our planting notes for more details.

Click here to see our video on pruning

Click here to see pruning diagrams for the different forms of Eucalyptus i.e. a screening tree or a bushy shrub etc.

To learn how you can help your Euc be as hardy as possible in your garden, see our Guidance Notes on Hardiness in Eucalyptus

 

 

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