From House Beautiful

We believe the more color, the better. Period. This applies to sunsets, towns and even the bagels we eat. So it's no surprise that when we learned there's a tree named after a rainbow, we had to learn more. Technically speaking, the species is called the Eucalyptus Deglupta, but it's more commonly known by it's nickname: The Rainbow Eucalyptus.

It doesn't take long to put together that the nickname stems from the tree's unique multi-colored bark, which is the result of a unique peeling process. You see, the bark on this beauty sheds each year in the same way it does on most trees, except what appears underneath is a variety of colors, ranging from green to blue, purple, orange or maroon.

Here's a closer look?

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This species thrives in tropical forests that get a lot of rain and can be found in parts of the Philippines, New Guinea, Indonesia and frost-free climates of Hawaii, California, Texas and Florida. However, the trees that grow in the United States are usually only 100- to 125-feet-tall, which is about half of the height of those grown in tropical forests.

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Here's what they look like in Maui, Hawaii:

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We can't decide which color combination we love the most, but since it's bound to change year-by-year, it's probably best not to grow too attached.

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