Old Tallowood on Red Mountain near Kyogle

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Tallowwood is a favourite tree for koalas

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Tallowood in Subtropical Rainforest in Border Ranges

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Eucalyptus - Tallowwood For Sale

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Eucalyptus - Tallowwood

Eucalyptus microcorys
This tall tree is often found on the edge of rainforests. It has soft, fibrous, orange bark and a dense crown. Tallowwood is so named due to the greasy feel of the wood when cut, and is a known koala feed tree.

$4.90

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Specifications of Eucalyptus - Tallowwood

Preferred Climate SubtropicalLearn About Climate Zones

Grown From SeedlingLearn About Propagation Methods

Max Height (when in the ground with good conditions) +10m

Plants required to Pollinate 1 (Self Pollinating)Learn about Pollination

Can it Handle Frosts? Yes

Amount of leaves in Winter? All Leaves (Evergreen)

Quarantine Restrictions to these Areas SA, WA

Water Requirements Drought Hardy (Little Watering)

Is it a Dwarf Fruit Tree? No (Full Size)

Time to Fruit/Flower/Harvest 5+ Years

Sun or Shade Full (Sun:80%-100%)

Preferred Soil Type Good Drainage

Soil pH Neutral (6.6-7.3pH)

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$19.75 ($4.90-$29.00 choose a size)

A handsome large tree for parks and gardens. This extraordinary bush food produces large edible nuts inside large cones. They are delicious roasted or pressure cooked. Then slice them and shuck the kernel and use in a wide range of recipes. The trees produce dense shade and are cold tolerant. A symmetrical pine suitable for container growing when young as they a slow growing to start. Trees take up to 15 years to produce the large cones, which ripen mid summer. No-one should stand or park under one of these at that time, as they fall from a height when ripe. These trees were and still are very important to the cultural practices of First Nations peoples of the East Coast especially southern Queensland, producing bumper harvests every 3 years, drawing peoples to the region to share.

Pangium

$28.90 ($28.90-$39.00 choose a size)

Massive fruits up to 30cm long, ripen in late summer. Inside are numerous seeds each covered with soft, sweet, tropically flavoured flesh. Fruit attach to the trunk and branches and fall from this large tropical tree when ready. Eat when the thick skin is soft to the touch. Seeds are high in a cyanogenic glycoside and are highly toxic and must not being eaten without extensive leaching and/or fermentation to remove it. Its natural habitat is the lowland humid tropics, so warm temperatures and high rainfall are needed to grow successfully. Trees are dioecious, meaning male and female flowers are on separate trees, so grow three to ensure you have at least one female. A beautiful tropical shade tree, which can grow to 50 m in a forest habitat, 10-15 in the open. Be wary of sitting under the tree when fruit are ripening between January and May, they fall heavily and without warning
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Teak or Crows Ash

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A medium tree much sought after for its durable timber. The leaves are aromatic when crushed. The white flowers appear from Sept to Feb. The fruit is a woody, prickly capsule which opens into five segments releasing winged seed.
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Giant Spear Lily

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Banksia - Coastal

$2.95 ($2.95-$17.90 choose a size)

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Eucalyptus - Tallowwood Reviews & Tips

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Tim Bailey
★★★★★ 1y ago

Bowral / Falls Creek, NSW, Australia

Eucalyptus - Tallowwood

Excellent growth rate and insect resistance on skeletal sandstone topsoil with heavy clay subsoil, on NSW Sth coast. Drought and waterlogging resistant

Peta Coe
7y ago

Valla, NSW, Australia

Eucalyptus - Tallowwood

Grow Tallowwood to help our dying koala population

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