On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:11:19 +0200, Charlie2
wrote:


I have a Eucalyptus tree in my garden approx. six inch girth trunk 14
foot high and I've cut down all of the high foliage to 10 feet.

Q: I was told its hard to kill off a Eucalyptus so bear in mind there
are no branches up to the 10ft height. What I want to do is to cut the
trunk at six foot and hope side shoots will come out then keep them
trimmed allow them to thicken up hopefully keep it more like a bush than
tree. The alternative is to purchase a couple of Koala's for which I
would build a open kennel for them to come and go as they please,
hopefully go in to the tree and not walkabout ( I hate to see cages
animals).
Many thanks.

I have one of the eucalyptus with nearly round leaves. It was in the
garden when we moved here. It's about 30' high and 15' across. I
needed to trim its overhanging branches last year. The whole branch
seemed to give up supporting leaf growth when only trimmed a few feet.
The leaf growth recovered the following year but I don't think I will
risk trimming it again.

Steve

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