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"MiamiCuse" wrote: "Billy" wrote in message ... In article , "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 know this tree, but normal, tan colored eucalyptus is a messy tree, always losing strips of bark and dropping leaves and seed pods as well as its irritating habit of having limbs snapped-off by a moderate gust of wind. -- - Billy "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyE5wjc4XOw http://www.salem-news.com/articles/j...acks_1-5-09.ph p The losing limps in a hurricane is one major concern. This is the actual tree planted at that nursery. http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...b/P1000902.jpg http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...b/P1000901.jpg See how close it is to their building, it looks to be about 35-40' tall now, and they said it was planted 25 years ago, so they are saying to me not to worry about being too close to the house. Of course I won't plant it like they did three feet from the foundation, I have about a 30 foot buffer, but still... Here in California, they were used for wind breaks. It's odd that such a slow growing tree would be used for a wind break. -- - Billy "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyE5wjc4XOw http://www.salem-news.com/articles/j...acks_1-5-09.ph p |
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