On 22/12/07 23:36, in article ,
"Emery Davis" wrote:

On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 23:11:17 -0000
"Bob Hobden" wrote:


"Chris Hogg" wrote after...
"Bob Hobden" asked
Pink Flowering Gum Tree (Eucalyptus ficifolia)
Having just seen this on another Newsgroup does anyone know if this tree
will grow in the UK, and will it flower?


It's the hardiest of the really colourful eucalypts, but that's not
saying much. Grows well on Tresco where it is spectacular, and in a
few sheltered gardens in west Cornwall. It will take a very light
frost, but in general terms it's not hardy. If it was that easy,
they'd be everywhere!

I have been toying with the idea of trying one for a year or two now
(lowest air temperature so far this Winter with us has been 0 deg. C
with a light ground frost; even my Gerberas outside are still in
flower!), and I see that Chiltern have them in their latest seed
catalogue.....

A few seeds don't cost a lot so worth a try, even if it has to be kept in a
pot and brought in during frost like the Citrus trees.


Was trying to look it up at Celyn Vale, formerly www.eucalyptus.co.uk. I've
got some plants from them that are doing well, and the web site was a wealth
on information; but seems to be gone. Anyone know what happened to them?

-E

I regret very much that the answer is a tragic one:

"HE owner of a eucalyptus tree nursery plunged 30ft to his death from a huge
³zip² slide less than two months before he was due to be married, an inquest
heard yesterday.
Andrew McConnell, 56, had built the 300-yard long elaborate steel-rope
slide, fixed between three trees, on the 30 acres he owned at Allt-y-Celyn,
Carrog near Corwen.
When he hit the ground, he fractured his ribs which fatally punctured his
lung."
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'