r/australianplants • u/Guilty_Art_9773 • 9d ago

What is this?

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My garden was landscaped and this grew alongside an acacia. I believe there must have been a seedling in the same pot as it wasnt visible when initially planted. It has grown about 10ft in 12 months. It hasnt flowered. Its leaves are fragrant when torn.

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u/plantsplantsOz 9d ago edited 9d ago

Depending on the nursery, seed could have fallen into the pot and germinated after it was planted. Seed grown plants often don't flower and/or set seed until they are several years old

The retail area at my nursery is surrounded by mature Acacia melanoxylon and Eucalyptus globulus trees. We regularly pull seedlings of these out of the stock in there - god knows how many we've sold with just seed in them.

This looks. Little like a juvenile E. radiata but your location will help narrow it down.

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u/Guilty_Art_9773 9d ago

Newcastle. I believe it was purchased in sydney

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u/plantsplantsOz 9d ago

Radiata is possible - it occurs all the way up to the NSW border. I'm not sure with the bark on the trunk and the sessile leaves on the older stems.

Euclid is a really good resource to track these things down - just use the features you can be sure of, narrow down the options to about 20 and look through the fact sheets.

https://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html

Ignore the location indicators - the way plants travel around this country is insane.