Hardy to around 0 - 8 F, provenances from southern New Zealand being hardiest. Closely related to E. nitens . It is somewhat variable in its juvenile foliage. The valuable wood is used in carpentry, etc. Straight-trunked, to 150'.
White flowers appear in summer, in greater profusion than on most eucalypts.
This one holds up to freezing rain quite well compared to some others. Hardy to about 4 - 11 F. E. delegatensis ssp. E. eximia ssp.