Eucalyptus yearly bark peel

PeterH · Post by **PeterH** » December 31st, 2012, 10:43 am

I find this time of the year for Eucalypts is as good as Autumn and spring for the deciduous trees.

Peter

bodhidharma · Post by **bodhidharma** » December 31st, 2012, 10:50 am

That is starting to develop a good covering of leaves peter. Most i see are sparse with foliage. Lovely tree.

lacertilian · Post by **lacertilian** » December 31st, 2012, 10:56 am

Great tree Peter, thanks for sharing it with us all. What species is it? I can't tell from the pictures..

PeterH · Post by **PeterH** » December 31st, 2012, 3:53 pm

Thanks guys. It is a mannifera.

Peter

Chains · Post by **Chains** » February 3rd, 2013, 11:41 pm

That's a mad tree. I love the natives. So good.

Chains · Post by **Chains** » February 3rd, 2013, 11:43 pm

What are the dimensions of this lovely tree?

PeterH · Post by **PeterH** » February 4th, 2013, 8:52 am

Hi Chains,

Height is 450mm x 400 wide

Regards,

Peter

matty-j · Post by **matty-j** » February 4th, 2013, 9:42 am

Awesome Peter

I love eucalypts, I only have a very small one at the moment but I'm deffinatley inspired to add more to my collection After seeing this beautiful tree

If you don't mind me asking, what time of year do you repot?
I pruned my eucy a couple of weeks ago and added some more dyanmic lifter and it has gone crazy, is now a good time to repot while the tree is actively growing?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Cheers
Matt

PeterH · Post by **PeterH** » February 4th, 2013, 10:01 am

Matt,

I generally re-pot Mid November thru to the end of January every 2 to 3 years. Because I live in a cold climate area I avoid re-potting after January as it does not give the tree enough time to recover.

As you live in Sydney I would say re-potting now is OK. The soil mix should be an open mix. I currently use Matins native mix with about 1/3rd Zeolite mixed in.

Peter

Dario · Post by **Dario** » February 4th, 2013, 2:31 pm

You have many great trees Peter, and this is yet another one

Cheers, Dario.

Pup · Post by **Pup** » February 4th, 2013, 10:13 pm

Thanks again Peter it is such a pleasure to see your trees here it shows that our natives are just as interesting as any other trees.

I have a Leptospermum brachyandrum that is shedding at the moment, very nice.

Cheers Pup

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