Plant in full sun in soils that drain fairly well as it does poorly in wet soils. Irrigate occasionally to infrequently and is hardy to about 12° F. An attractive medium size fairly drought tolerant tree.

Eucalyptus nicholii is native to the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales. The name for the genus comes from the Greek words 'eu' meaning "well" and 'kalypto' meaning 'to cover' as with a lid and an allusion to the united calyx-lobes and petals that is called an operculum that forms a lid or cap that is shed when the flowers open. It was described in 1929 by Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney director Joseph Maiden and William Blakely in Maiden's book A Critical Revision of the genus Eucalyptus and the specific epithet honors Richard Nicol, Maiden's private secretary and the chief clerk at the botanic garden. We grew this nice Eucalyptus from 1980 until 2009. 

The information displayed on this page about Eucalyptus nicholii is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.