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Argyle Apple, or Silver-leaf Stringybark
Family: Myrtaceae
Sub-family: Myrtoideae
Characteristics: Tree to 15 m spread 5 m
Seed per packet: Approx 15
Seed per gram: Approx. 250
Seed in chaff
The Silver Dollar Gum is an attractive small to a medium tree growing to 15m in height with a dense crown of beautiful silver-blue foliage. Red-brown to grey-brown, fibrous stringybark on the lower trunk and larger branches.
Juvenile foliage is rounded, and silvery-blue, adult foliage is broad-lanceolate or lanceolate 6-11cm long.
Conical flower buds open to small cream to yellow flowers from spring through to summer.
The foliage is widely used in flower arrangements.
Endemic New South Wales and Victoria.
Adaptable to a range of soil types and tolerant of seasonal waterlogging. Prefers a sunny position.
>Image by Forest and Kim Starr (CC BY 3.0
Although seed can be sown most of the year around if you avoid the coldest and hottest months of the year, the best time to sow is generally spring.
Germination generally occurs in around 10-28 days at a soil temperature of 18-22°C
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