Silver Dollar Eucalyptus | Round Silvery Blue Foliage

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Silver Dollar Tree/ Argyle Apple

Eucalyptus cinerea

Intense Florist’s Silver Foliage • Can Be Coppiced for Foliage Production • Unmatched Cool Color Accent

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Description

This is the classic “Florist’s Silver Dollar” eucalyptus, famed for its intensely silver, rounded juvenile leaves. It is often grown as a seasonal annual foliage plant or maintained as a large shrub by coppicing. As a tree, it can become quite large. Its stunning silver foliage is unbeatable for adding cool color and texture to gardens and arrangements.

The premier species for intensely silvery-blue, rounded juvenile leaves that are the staple of the cut flower industry.
When coppiced annually or biennially, it can be maintained as a large, multi-stemmed foliage shrub (6-15 ft tall) to continually produce the prized silver foliage.
If left to grow as a tree, it will develop longer, greener lance-shaped adult leaves and a significant size.
Shares the same cultural needs: full sun, excellent drainage, and low water once established.
Provides unmatched metallic silver color in the garden and is a must-have for flower arrangers.

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Mature height: 20-50 ft.
Mature spread: 10-15ft.
Light: Full sun

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Features:Foliage: Distinctive, rounded, silver-dollar leaves that are silvery-blue to blue-green, thick, and aromatic. The juvenile foliage is particularly ornamental and is sessile (lacking a petiole), clasping the stem directly. The scent of the leaves naturally repels insects.Flowers: Small, creamy-white flowers appear in clusters from spring to early summer.Fruit: Small, bell-shaped to conical seed capsules.Habit: A fast-growing, evergreen tree with an open, irregular canopy and often a leaning habit. The bark is fibrous and reddish-brown.
Growth Rate: Fast
Key Advantages:Highly ornamental, silvery-blue foliage prized for floral arrangements.Excellent drought and heat tolerance once established.Fast-growing for quick screening or impact.Aromatic leaves naturally repel insects.Generally pest and disease free
Landscape Uses:Specimen tree for its striking foliage and form.Windbreak or quick screen in warm climates.Cut foliage garden for harvesting branches.Mediterranean and water-wise gardens

Faqs

Q: How do I keep it producing the round, silver leaves?
A: You must coppice or hard-prune the plant. Cut the main stems back to 6-12 inches from the ground in late winter or early spring. It will vigorously resprout with the desired juvenile foliage. This turns it into a shrub, not a tree.

Q: What’s the difference between E. polyanthemos and E. cinerea?
A: E. cinerea has much more intensely silver juvenile leaves that are stem-clasping. E. polyanthemos has more blue-green to silvery adult leaves that are stalked. E. cinerea is the classic “silver dollar” for florists; E. polyanthemos is more often grown as a shade tree.

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