Silver Princess Seedling Starter Kit

Bring back the birds and the bees. 

Plant Local using our biodegradable native seedling starter kits.

Kit includes:

- biodegradable coir seedling starter

- biodegradable seedling cup

- Silver Princess seeds to get started.

Plant Local's seeds are supplied by local seed suppliers.

Australian Seed Description:
Silver Princess (Eucalyptus Caesia ssp. caesia)
Family: Myrtaceae
Sub-family: Myrtoideae
Characteristics: Small tree or Mallee 6 m spread 2 m
This is one of our best known Mallee eucalypts only occurring in a restricted area in south Western Australia on a small number of granite outcrops.

An attractive tree that is short and more upright than the sub-species with pendulous branches that is known in cultivation as ‘Silver Princess’. The flowers are large (up to 50 mm) and normally pink to red but white flowered plants are known. Flowering is very conspicuous and occurs in winter and spring and is followed by large, silver urn-shaped gumnuts about 30 mm in diameter. Quite a spectacular small tree.

Native to Western Australia.

Prefers a light to medium well-drained soil in an open sunny position, drought resistant but frost tender.

Grow notes:
Eucalypt's germinate readily from seed and are generally considered one of the easiest natives to grow from seed.

Depending on the species Eucalyptus seed comes in various sizes from very fine to several millimetres long. As a rule of thumb seed that is fine should be sown on the surface of a porous mix and not buried. Seed 1 to 2 mm in diameter can be covered very lightly and seed from 2 mm up can be sown to a depth of the seed width.

Although seed can be sown most of the year in many parts of Australia seed is generally best sown in spring or autumn in temperate climates, avoid the coldest and hottest months of the year. The optimum germination temperature for germination is around 18-22°C

1. Sow seed on surface of a porous seed raising mix. The seed will lodge in the the pores of the mix once watered.
2. Sprinkle a very light covering of the seed raising mix over the seed. Do not bury seed deeply.
3. Water with fine mist spray to avoid disturbance of the seed.
4. Place in a warm shaded or semi shaded position to avoid dying out.
5. Keep warm & moist, avoid drying out or waterlogging the growing mix.
6. Germination generally occurs in around 10-28 days in the right condition.

General note: Seeds of many natives are dormant and require specific conditions or pre-treatment for germination.
Do not be too hasty to discard seed that does not germinate, seeds will often lay dormant until the conditions are similar to their natural requirements for germination to occur. Containers put to one side will often surprise long after they were discarded.