Eucalyptus kruseana, or the Bookleaf Mallee, has highly decorative grey foliage and is an ornamental mallee.

It has pale leaves and buds ranging in colour from blue to grey to green, and boasts orbicular leaves that grow overlapping each other, as the pages of a book would hence bookleaf.

They are unlike the typical shape of many eucalypt leaves and are highly sort after in the floristry industry.

The grow to approx 2-3 meters in height.

Can handle most soil types, as well as cold environments and frost.

It is recommended to plant this tree in autumn/winter in free draining soils, with a slow release native fertiliser.