Mallee Eucalypt Arboretum

As you drive through the northern section of the Garden on Cunningham Drive you can see an arboretum (tree garden) of mallees.

Mallees are small multi-stemmed eucalypts and have the greatest variety of foliage and flower form of all Australia's gum trees.

Most of these spectacular small trees set in a valley come from the arid parts of Australia, in particular Western Australia. If you stop for a closer look, you may see the largest of all the gum nuts and the biggest and brightest blooms of one of Australia’s most iconic plants.

Local mallees include the Whipstick Mallee Ash (Eucalyptus multicaulis), from near Sydney, and the Faulconbridge Mallee Ash (Eucalyptus burgessiana), which has a restricted range in the Blue Mountains.