Features:
Common name: Risdon mint gum tree
Family: Myrtaceae
Origin: Australia, Tasmania
Height at maturity: 7 meters
Hardiness: -15°C
Exposure: sunny
Plant type: tree
Vegetation: perennial
Foliage: evergreen
Flowering: spring
Flower color: white
Soil type: normal, deep
Watering: normal
Use: garden, isolated, clump
Diseases and insect pests:
Toxicity:
Storage of seeds: 2 years in a dry place away from light at 3/4°C (refrigerator)
Description:
It is a small tree that grows up to 7 meters, sometimes slightly more.
It offers a smooth, white to cream bark, exfoliating in gray-brown ribbons. Its flowering is characterized by white flowers between November and January. Its name comes from the town of Risdon in Tasmania.
Aromatic species that does not tolerate calcareous soils.
