If you've been on a summertime stroll in recent weeks, chances are you've seen a red flowering gum, Corymbia ficifolia. This species comes from a small area of southwest Western Australia but has ...

If you’ve been on a summertime stroll in recent weeks, chances are you’ve seen a red flowering gum, Corymbia ficifolia. This species comes from a small area of south west Western Australia but ...

Red flowering gum is a small-to-medium-sized tree that can reach a height of about 15 metres, but most trees are ten metres or less. Its leaves are somewhat fig-like, as the name, ficifolia, suggests.