Eucalyptus Plantation

Article cover image

By Worcester-based Grafton Nursery. The first ever Eucalyptus exhibit at Chelsea Flower Show.

11 May 2018 | 1 min read

Eucalyptus Plantation Chelsea Flower Show 2018 by Worcester-based Grafton Nursery

This year, as a nod to the Nursery’s 10 Year of Celebration, our display shows a ‘happy couple’ celebrating their 10th anniversary on a glamping holiday set on the edge of a Eucalyptus plantation.

Eucalyptus Plantation Chelsea Flower Show 2018 by Worcester-based Grafton Nursery

The woodland is being sustainably managed as a source of firewood to heat the tents andthe landowners’ family home, whilst other Eucalyptus species are being managed as a crop of ornamental cut foliage.

Eucalyptus Plantation Chelsea Flower Show 2018 by Worcester-based Grafton Nursery

To further demonstrate Eucalyptus in the plantation setting: the furniture, carpet, shirt, cosmetics, paper are all made out of Eucalyptus wood and fibre.

Plant list

 

Eucalyptus not yet on the Shoot database:

Eucalyptus rubida
Eucalyptus glaucescens Guthega
Eucalyptus mannifera subsp. Elliptica
Eucalyptus urnigera (glaucous form)
Eucalyptus rodwayii
Eucalyptus subcrenulata
Eucalyptus camphora
Eucalyptus delegatensis
Eucalyptus johnstonii
Eucalyptus pauciflora subsp. debeuzevillei
Eucalyptus pulverulenta 'Baby Blue'
Eucalyptus Shannon Blue
Eucalyptus gregsoniana (pauciflora var. nana)
Eucalyptus neglecta
Eucalyptus pauciflora subsp. pauciflora 'BUFFALO'
Eucalyptus vernicosa
Eucalyptus French Blue
Eucalyptus Azura
Eucalyptus kybeanensis
Eucalyptus pauciflora subsp. niphophila Mt Bogong
Eucalyptus archeri
Eucalyptus stellulata

TOP