Moort - Eucalyptus Platypus

Category: Small (minimum 6m tall) 

Height: 7m
Width: 6m
Best feature: A fast-growing mallee gum that copes well with dry conditions. Rounded dense canopy, responds well to pruning, good for screening. 
Ideal for: Compact garden with hard clay soils that doesn't get too wet
Buds of Eucalyptus platypus with flattened peduncle that gives it its name
Flattened peduncles of Eucalyptus platypus gives it its name - "platys"= wide, "pus"= foot
Buds of Eucalyptus platypus with flattened peduncle that gives it its name
Flattened peduncles of Eucalyptus platypus gives it its name - "platys"= wide, "pus"= foot
Eucalyptus platypus with smooth coppery bark
E. platypus has smooth coppery brown bark