Apple Gum - Angophora Costata

Apple Gum is a beautiful fast growing tree that typically grows 30 to 80 feet tall with a smooth trunk and multicolored bark. The bark starts each late spring a pinkish to orange color and ages to a gray-mauve color prior to peeling off unevenly in large plates each spring to expose the fresh cream to rose colored wood below. It has 6 inch long leaves held in opposite pairs that emerge a coppery red color and mature to a bright green color; the new red shoots of leaves are useful in floral displays.  Tolerates poor soil and moderate drought though best with occasional deep watering and tolerates wetter conditions as well. Hardy to 20 F, though younger trees are more frost sensitive.