On 29/1/08 20:32, in article
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On Jan 29, 6:01*pm, Sacha wrote:
It seems the most probable, I'd say, only because it's the best known. *Of
course, that in itself isn't conclusive! * The flowers are silvery and leave
cup shaped fruit. *You *might* have Eucalyptus cinerea, the silver dollar
gum, but that's pretty unusual.

Just in case you don't see my other post about Eucalyptus perriniana, you
might like to look that one up on Google images, too.


I've googled E perriniana and E cinerea and it's definitely neither of
those.

I went out to have a look and it has some rounder leaves with a tinge
of red, but some of the leaves are more of a narrow oval.
The bark is smooth and peeling. I looked at a photo of the E gunni
flowers, and I really don't think it's ever flowered.
It's in a south/east facing position.

It may not get enough sun/light hours to flower, so don't worry about that.

I must admit, I'm beginning to think it's time to get someone to bring
it under control. If it's going to continue growing much more, it
does seem to be rather too close (and you can bet if it goes over, it
will be into my neighbour's house!)

They take to cutting back pretty well and IME, they grow fast.

Thanks for all your responses, much appreciated
Jo

Hope it's all been of some help.

--
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.'

and still just as dangerous, someone said a long time ago in this
group there where a couple or so specimens plant at dover i think they
where pretty large.

i've seen them in pictures on tv as street trees in the USA not good
hey? they're a weed in california (if i recall correctly) also a weed
in madagascar, nothing unusual about a native plants from one region
becoming a pest in another.

people with small gardens should plant small plants shrubby trees say
around 3 to 4 meter mark.

only in the past period over here again someone lost their life to a
falling limb, i think they camped under one? bad move.

On 29 Jan 2008 18:29:12 GMT, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
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With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev

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"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

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judith.lea wrote:
On Jan 29, 4:03 pm, Sacha wrote:
On 29/1/08 15:56, in article
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I read this previous thread with interest: http://tinyurl.com/2cuh86.
I'm afraid I have no idea what species my eucalyptus is: it was here
when we bought the house. I'm in Cambridgeshire.
My tree is quite close to my house (~4m), but actually closer to my
neighbour's. I'd estimate it to be around 4-5m tall and it seems like
around a metre of this growth has been in the last year (but do
correct me if that sounds wildly inaccurate).
I'd like to know whether I ought to get someone out to lop it or
remove it altogether or whether it's safe to leave it (I really like
it). I've been rather scared by the idea it could grow extremely
tall, but also confused by the number of species and effect of
climate. Also, if I need to get it seen to - are there any rough
ideas as to the cost?
I should add that my gardening knowledge is virtually non-existant.
Grateful for any hints.
Jo
Jo, it all depends on what type of Eucalyptus it is. I had Eucalyptus
Gunni about 3 metres from the house and it didn't create any
problems. Google Gunni and see if that is any help to you.
Judith
E. gunnii is certainly one of the most popular sold in UK. But this site
will be helpful to Jo, I think. http://www.macfoliage.co.uk/
--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon


My neighbour had a eucalyptus that grew at that sort of rate. It blew
down (fortunately the other way and without causing too much damage).
What do you loose by trying to coppice it ? ( cut down close to ground
level and allow thin shoots to regrow. Take these out every few years.)

Paul

--
CTC Right to Ride Rep. for Richmond upon Thames

Identifying eucalyptus is difficult. On the one hand, they are all a bit the same, and other other hand individual species are very variable. Gunnii itself is very variable. Then there is the problem that many of them have different shape leaves at different stages of their life, and may revert to juvenile leaves if you cut them back hard. At the end of the day, you often need to see flowers and seed capsules to be sure, and yours hasn't flowered.
Here's a good place to have a look through hardy eucalyptus types.
http://www.angelfire.com/bc/eucalyptus/
But unfortunately there are a lot of them, though only a few of them are commonly grown in Britain, especially gunnii, globulus, archeri, perriniana, nipophila, pauciflora, to a lesser degree debeuzevillei, coccifera, gregsoniana, rodwayi, delegatensis, dalrympleana, crenulata, subcrenulata, etc, etc. Though the three I have in my garden are none of those... Frankly if it is anything like one of the first few in that list, it probably is.