JB290 Moon Lagoon ( Eucalyptus latens )
A wonderful new addition of Eucalyptus for floral arrangements, it makes a stunning lawn plant as well! A unique, fine-leaved, dwarf shrub with exceptional blue juvenile foliage that matures to blue-green. Regular pruning will promote the showier new foliage. A beautiful waterwise plant for use as a colorful evergreen hedge, screen or low windbreak. Excellent foliage for cut flower arrangements.
A shrubby small Eucalyptus that can reach to 12 feet tall with small rounded spade-shaped, gray-green juvenile leaves flushed a pale purple that mature to a leaf that is green with a curved boomerang shape. If left to mature, in spring to summer appear reddish orange caps that open to expose white flowers. This plant can also be cut hard every few years to maintain it as a medium sized shrub to 4 feet tall and to promote the fine textured and aromatic juvenile growth that has become very popular in the California cut foliage market. Plant in full sun to light shade. Irrigate occasionally to infrequently. Hardy to about 23 degrees F but can resprout when top growth frozen - root hardiness not known. A nice fine-textured shrub for the garden and for cut foliage - it reportedly looks good up to 2 weeks in the vase.
NOTE: These are very tiny seeds, the smallest Eucalyptus seeds we have ever seen, good germination ,but handle carefully.
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