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Eucalyptus conferruminata (Bushy Yate) - A small tree with a twisted trunk that reaches 20-30 feet tall and 30 feet wide. The bark is a reddish-brown when it peels. The fused flower clusters are covered by a reddish cap which falls off to expose the puffs of yellow-green stamens in the winter and spring. The fruit are fused to form a woody mace-like mass.
Plant in full sun in a well-draining soil and irrigate infrequently to not at all once established - this is a drought tolerant plant in our coastal climate. An attractive and useful smaller growing Eucalyptus.
Though Eucalyptus lehmannii is a valid species, plants long grown under this name in California are actually Eucalyptus conferruminata, that is more properly commonly called the Bald Island Marlock. It comes from a limited area between Two Peoples Bay east to beyond Esperance in the south of Western Australia where it can be found growing along the coast, often on massive granite rocks. The name for the genus comes from the Greek words 'eu' meaning "well" and 'kalypto' meaning 'to cover' as with a lid and an allusion to the united calyx-lobes and petals that is called an operculum that forms a lid or cap that is shed when the flowers open. The specific epithet is from the Latin 'conferruminatus' meaning "fused" in reference to the fused buds and fruit. We grew this plant as Eucalyptus lehmannii from 1980 until 1998.
The information about Eucalyptus conferruminata that is displayed on this web page is based on research conducted in our nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We will also include observations made about this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We also incorporate comments that we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they share cultural information that aids others growing this plant.
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