Eucalyptus Baby Blue – Ontario Seed Company

Eucalyptus globulus

Bring a unique touch to your garden withBlue Eucalyptus. Its beautifulsilvery-blue foliageoffers a striking visual texture, making it perfect as acontainer plantor as a point of interest in a garden bed. The leaves have a lovelymint or menthol-like fragrancethat persists even after cutting and drying, making it a wonderful addition to fresh or dried flower arrangements.

What you need to know to Plant & Grow Blue Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus is loved for its unique colour and scent, providing an excellent addition to fresh or dried arrangements.

Site Selection:Choose a site with full sun, or plant in a container to allow for over-wintering indoors.

Sowing Indoors:Sow seeds indoors6 weeksbefore expected last frost,3 mmdeep using a soil-less mix in separate peat pots. Seed will germinate in10-14 daysat a temperature of21C. Keep the growing medium moist during the germination period. Grow on under lights at a cooler temperature of16C, then harden off and transplant outside to the garden or containers after the danger of frost has passed.

Upkeep:Eucalyptus can be brought indoors in early fall and grown on as a houseplant through the winter, then put back outside the following year with the return of warm weather.

Approx. 15 seeds/pkt