🎄Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Azura’ – with Patio Pot Kit – 5th of our 12 exclusive Christmas Offers🎄
🎄 Christmas Offer🎄
- 1 Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Azura’ 3 litre pot 30-60cm bushy shrub
- 1 x 20 litre Air-Pot Container for potting on
- 1 Rootgrow 60g – to give it absolutely the best start
- 1 Alg-a-mic Seaweed 250ml – slosh it over the roots and shoots for great results
- 1 bag of Bark Chip mulch – for the top of the pot
- 1 High K Plant Food 750g – high potassium soluble plant food perfect for Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Azura’ plant at full value of £55- + Growing Accessories value £46.56
Total value at full price = £101.56
SPECIAL OFFER PRICE only £84.50
save £17.06 (17% discount)
The only thing you will need to add is about 15 litres of good quality potting compost from your garden shed OR local Plant Nursery or Garden Centre. The reason we don’t include compost in this kit is the weight of it makes it difficult to ship. Something like Melcourt Sylvagrow is an excellent peat-free compost. Blue ceramic pot in photograph not included.
The Full Details about Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Azura’
Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Azura’ is absolutely fabulous as a bushy plant in a patio pot or terrace planter – very easy to grow.
Superb bushy cultivar of compact habit with much smaller genes than its parents -the monster Eucalyptus gunnii.
Click here to learn more about growing Eucalyptus ‘Azura’ in a container.
Grow Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Azura’ as a shrub-on-a-stick, small bushy screening tree anywhere from 2.4m up to 5m tall. Allow it to grow a little taller to say around 6-8m, if you want height.
OR keep Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Azura ‘trimmed as a short bushy shrub in your garden. This is a very versatile plant.
Great for cut foliage – very productive with the classic, cute, round, blue leaf.
Hop over to the ‘How to Use’ tab to read more on this versatile Eucalyptus.
To learn more about what Azura likes and how to keep it happy in your garden – nip across to the ‘Planting Position and Soil’ tab
The ‘Trivia’ tab is just that – one for the botanical nerds! 😎
This offer is whilst stocks last and 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.
Biometrics for Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Azura’
Shoots ‘n Leaves: Young shoots are covered in silvery white wax
Juvenile foliage: Rounded, intense silvery blue, with some rose pink and silvery white on the new growth in summer.
Adult foliage: Intermediate foliage is elliptical and then the foliage will change to the typical lanceolate E. gunnii foliage as the tree matures; however the internodes are very short, giving a bushy appearance. Regular pruning will encourage the rounded juvenile blue foliage.
Bark: Smooth bark in pewter grey, cream, olive or sometimes pinky brown, flaking off in large pieces to reveal new bark in shades of pale gold or creamy silver.
Flowers: White flowers followed by gum nuts.
Leaf Aroma: Eucalyptol, but not as strong as its cousin Eucalyptus archeri
Rate of Growth: Slowish for a Eucalyptus. In the nursery, our Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Azura’ have grown about 30cm (1ft) over 4 months, so will possibly grow 60-90cm (2-3ft) in an average year. We will update this page as we gather data from our nursery trials.
Height in maturity, if left unpruned: Current estimates are that E. gunnii ‘Azura’ will reach 5m (15ft) tall by about 2m wide in the medium, and approximately 10m (30ft) in the long term – say 20+ years. It may be taller in exceptional growing conditions, but still less than half the finished height of its parents. Remember, E. gunnii ‘Azura’ is a versatile, much bushier tree than straight E. gunnii. Reminiscent of a Pittosporum in habit, it can be kept trimmed to form a small tree or ‘shrub-on-a-stick’ for the smaller garden.
Here is the link to our short pruning video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP4ldDRtHeQ
Click here for the link to our Guidance Notes on Pruning with images
Hardiness: Root system hardy in the region of -14 to -16°C, exceptionally hardy for a Eucalyptus, once mature.
Hardiness in Eucalyptus is governed by
- provenance – this is a hybrid (not grown from seed), its parents are exceptionally hardy
- how it is grown (i.e. high nitrogen levels reduces cold tolerance). Eucalypts need to be grown without stress – see our blog post on the subject.
- the age of the tree – the older your tree, the hardier it will be. Younger Eucs are more susceptible to frost damage.
- how long it has been planted in the ground. The deeper you can encourage the rooting by digging a 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 read more about hardiness in Eucalyptus and how you can help your Eucalyptus to be as hardy as possible
