Angophora costata, or Smooth-barked Apple, is a large, wide, spreading tree growing to a height of between 15 and 25 m. The trunk is often gnarled and crooked with a pink to pale grey, sometimes rusty-stained bark. In nature the butts of fallen limbs form callused bumps on the trunk and add to the gnarled appearance.
Angophra Care
Angophora Costata
What is the plant
If you’ve recognized any mistakes feel free to notify us about it. This would help us to provide only the best-quality information.
Humidity
High
Lighting
Full Sun
Temperature
25°C - 35°C
Hardiness zone
8 - 11
Difficulty
Medium
How to Care for the Plant
Water
Tolerates poor soil and moderate drought though best with occasional deep watering and tolerates wetter conditions as well.
Pruning
Pruning: some early shaping required to keep the tree single trunked and upright
Fertilizer
The plants will benefit from the application of a complete fertilizer in spring.
Ease your plant care routine with PlantIn's personalized system.
Soil
It likes sandy soil, but will grow in poorer soils at a slower rate, which may not be a bad thing. It will grow in most places in Australia. A perfect tree for a very large garden or as a street tree.
Temperature
Maximum temperatures across its range vary from 25 to 35 °C (77 to 95 °F) and minimum temperatures from 0 to 8 °C (32 to 46 °F), with anywhere from 0 to 50 days of frost. In Victoria it is a commonly planted ornamental and is naturalised in some places.
Additional
An Angophora is a native tree, a close relative to the Corymbia, and the Eucalyptus, except an Angophora has leaves on its stem that are exactly opposite each other. It is a beautiful tree known for its clusters of white flowers in December, January, and February. But it's the bark that is so extraordinary.
What's wrong with your plant?
Related plants
Discover more plants with the list below
