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Paul Woodsford · 31-07-2008, 07:23 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 31/07/2008 14:02, in article
, "Charlie Pridham"
wrote:

In article ,
says...
Hi,
I have 2 large, 30ft + eucalyptus trees in my garden that are at least 25 -
30 yrs old. One is in full leaf as normal, the other has a few brown leaves
on the fine branches but seems dead. However on closer inspection it has
shed it's bark as usual revealing new smooth bark on the trunk and large
branches. The fine branches/twigs which have the brown/dead looking leaves
are supple and if cut are green and moist. The tree seems to be resting. Is
this something that these trees do and is there anything I can do to get it
going? I'm loath to see it cut down. It hasn't lost any branches in the
recent winds or during the gales last winter, just no new leaves.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
I live in South Wales.

Was there any particular event that caused the leaf loss or did they go
slowly over a period of time?
I am thinking it may have been to do with the weather around the start of
april which wales like cornwall caught the worst of both cold and wind
Hi,
Thanks for taking the time to answer. No special event I can think of, but
yes the early part of this year we first noticed the one tree was losing
it's leaves. The other tree is fine and both are the same age.
As I said previously the fine end branches are still green under the bark
and flexiblr. Just no leaves.

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