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Rainbow Eucalyptus
On Sun, 9 Jan 2011 21:49:33 -0500, "MiamiCuse"
wrote: I really like this tree. Saw a specimen of it in the ground at a local nursery, it was about 15' tall with a tree trunk about six inches in diameter. They said it has been there since 1998. They planted it about five feet from the wall of the store. They have some for sale right now. http://eucalyptusdeglupta.com/trunk02a.jpg http://eucalyptusdeglupta.com/trunk03.jpg http://eucalyptusdeglupta.com/5tree.jpg The problem is according to my search, in it's native habitat it grows to 250 feet with huge trunk. The local nusery said in here (miami, south Florida) it will not grow to near that size, but they can't tell me anything more. They planted one right next to their foundation wall and it has not grown to be huge. So my question is whether I should take a risk and plant one. On my property I can plant one 25' or 30' from the house. I don't know if this is enough distance, the guy at the nusery says no problem, but he was trying to sell me a tree. Anyone has experience with this tree? I don't recommend planting any tree where that when mature were it to topple can fall on your house or any of your neighbor's property. Florida doesn't have sufficient depth/composition of soil to safely support such a tree... and Florida is hurricane heaven. |
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