European Gardening: Winterwatch?, 0 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
Yes Pat, it's my Eucalyptus tree which has 'had' 2 trunks, one about a foot thick at the bottom. The roots were quite thick, it was only planted in 2000 but they grow quickly.

It used to bend at nearly 90 degress when the trunks were thinner, but with the leaves I could see it was giving too much resistance and the trunks no longer bent. It wasn't long before it started to lean, the rain we had the night before probably didn't help, but the roots didn't come out too much. I think it grew too quickly for the roots.

It's been chopped down and dug out now, I have a Eucalyptus niphophila thats been in a pot for a few years now, slower growing, so I will probably put it in the place, I have a big hole in the sky now! That one went in when about 4-5' tall with one years growth on it from a seedling, which should have been OK, so now I know.

I always thought it may be two different trees together, slightly different looking, the wood smells different too.