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| | Eucryphia lucida - Growing Native Plants |
 | | Eucryphia lucida, or Leatherwood as it is commonly called, is a medium-sized tree with a compact crown of glossy green leaves. |
 | | There are currently four cultivars of Eucryphia lucida: ‘Pink Cloud', a pale to medium pink flowered variety; ‘Ballerina' a pale pink flowered variety with deep pink stamens; ‘Leatherwood Cream' a variegated leaf variety and ‘Leatherwood Silver', a variety with silver edged leaves. |
 | | Eucryphia — from the Greek words ‘eu', meaning well, thoroughly, and kryphios, meaning hidden, cover, referring to the sepals which are joined at the apex of the buds. |
| www.anbg.gov.au /gnp/interns-2005/eucryphia-lucida.html (495 words) |
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