Improvement of ornamental eucalypts

Kirsty Neaylon – Department of Horticulture, Viticulture & Oenology, University of Adelaide Many species from the genus Eucalyptus have economic potential for the ornamental horticulture industry, including E. erythronema, E. stricklandii and E. ‘Urrbrae Gem’.  To bring these plants into cultivation propagation techniques must be developed other than the more conventional seed methods.  Vegetative propagation…