This is a eucalyptus species called Eucalyptus deglupta, originating from tropical climates such as the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and a few in southern California, Texas, and Florida (USA).
The rainbow eucalyptus tree is an evergreen tree with an elongated, spear-like shape, silver-green leaves and small white flower clusters.
Rainbow eucalyptus not only has impressive beauty, the oil extracted from the leaves also has a relaxing effect as a medicinal herb.
The most striking feature is the color of the tree trunk. These trees at first glance look like someone has painted their trunks, but in fact these are their natural colors.
Depending on where you live, you can absolutely grow this plant at home.
The rainbow effect is created when the bark of the eucalyptus tree peels off throughout the year, revealing new, bright green bark underneath. Each new layer of bark as this tree matures will change color from lighter to darker, from green, blue, purple to yellow, orange, red and brown.
Eucalyptus deglupta is the only species of eucalyptus native to the Northern Hemisphere. The plant thrives in moist, full-sun environments and can grow more than 90 cm tall each season.
In the natural environment, the rainbow eucalyptus tree can grow up to 76 m high, but in the US, this tree only grows to about 38 m high.
This is a very fast growing plant. Therefore, it only takes a few years for it to be as tall as tall buildings.
In the US, many parks, thanks to the addition of rainbow eucalyptus trees, have become tourist attractions such as Balboa Park in California, Port St. Lucie Botanical in Florida or O’ahu’s Wahiawa Botanical Garden in Hawaii…
