Corymbia ficifolia (Cultivated)

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Corymbia ficifolia (Cultivated)

Corymbia ficifolia (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson, Telopea 6: 245 1995. (syn. Eucalyptus ficifolia F.Muell.; Eucalyptus ficifolia var. alba Guilf.; Eucalyptus ficifolia var. bakeri Guilf.; Eucalyptus ficifolia var. carmina Blakely; Eucalyptus ficifolia var. rosea Guilf.);

Red Flowering Gum;

Australia (Western Australia: near Nornalup, Denmark and the Frankland R.), Taiwan (introduced), trop. Africa (introduced), Hawaii (introduced) (Kauai (introduced), Oahu (introduced), Maui (introduced), Hawaii Isl. (introduced)), China (introduced), Colombia (introduced), Canary Isl. (introduced) (Hierro (introduced), La Gomera (introduced), Tenerife (introduced), Gran Canaria (introduced)) as per Catalogue of Life;

S. Western Australia as per WCSP;

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This is Corymbia ficifolia, formerly Eucalyptus ficifolia, Red-flowered Gum.

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Here are some interesting extracts from Wikipedia link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corymbia_ficifolia

Corymbia ficifolia or the Red Flowering Gum (previously known as Eucalyptus ficifolia) is one of the most commonly planted ornamental trees in the broader eucalyptus family. It is native to a very small area of south coastal Western Australia (measured in just tens of kilometres) to the east of Walpole (430 km Southeast of Perth), but is not considered under threat in the wild.

The common name, "Red Flowering Gum" is often used, but generally not to indicate Corymbia ficifolia in particular as opposed to it and other similar looking trees. The name is also something of a misnomer; all gums flower, many are red, Corymbia ficifolia is not really a "gum" but a bloodwood, and its flowers can be any shade between pale cream, through pink, to red, orange or deep crimson.

In nature Corymbia ficifolia prefers infertile, sandy soils but it is readily adaptable to most temperate locations, provided it is not exposed to severe frost or sustained tropical damp. It is an ideal street tree as it is hardy, moderately fast growing, and rarely grows large enough to require pruning.

It is difficult to graft but grows well from seed, typically taking about 7 years before it flowers for the first time and 15-20 years to reach something approaching its full size of anything between 2-8 m. For the home gardener, buying a "red flowering gum" from a nursery is something of an adventure: it may or may not be a ficifolia, and the flower colour does not breed true - there is no way to find out what colour the flowers will be short of planting a seedling and waiting for it to reach maturity.