"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
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Billy wrote:
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"David Hare-Scott" wrote:

Billy wrote:
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manc1973 wrote:

Hi,

As a first post I thought I would ask if it's possible to reduce
the size of my two eucalyptus trees. Unfortunately they have
become very leggy at approx 35ish foot. I was hoping to lop off
the tops down to approx 20ft. Would this be ok and would it
produce a more bushy tree.

Kind Regards Clive

Prune an eucalyptus? Are you mad? Wait for a gentle breeze, and the
limbs will fall off by themselves.

Tut tut, such generalisations, and in public too.

David

Uh huh. I've live around eucalyptus trees all my life. Damn things may
make fast growing wind breaks, but they are dangerous.

So you have lived with all 700 odd species? What about the other close
genera that resemble genus eucalyptus that are often informally called
eucalyptus, all those too?

Not all 700 species drop branches. Some are dangerous. We don't know
whether the species the OP has are branch droppers.

And there was I, within the last few days, mentioning how some people
thought all 'Eucalypt' were alike.