Hi All, I just joined the site, and was hunting for information about the Eucalyptus...I see that the last posting was awhile ago (July 26th), but I'm hopeful one of you will read this & HELP!?! I brought home a very small Eucalyptus (don't know the variety) that fit into my miata (with the top down of course), so it was only about 6' tall, and very skinny. I remebered the ones I had seen along Hwy 101 between Eureka and Arcata, California and thought how pretty they were, and nonchallantly (sp?) planted it in my back yard near the walkway, about 6' from our garage. Well, two years (maybe 3) and some months later...it's HUGE, and leaning into the garage...not touching it with the trunk, but the branches do brush the roof all the time, and the leaning trunk is only about 5 inches from the edge of the roof! Now...obviously, the tree has to come down for certain. I checked with a few of the "big tree" places to see if they wanted it since it's very healthy, but no takers. So, my husband and a friend are going to cut it down, which saddens me a bit, but...what else can be done! MY BAD! My question is...does anyone out there know what kind of root structure this kind of tree has? You see, we have an oil tank somewhere in the vacinity of the tree, and once cut down, we're going to have to dig up the roots. I know that for certain, we can find out the hard way, but I was hoping to find out whether the roots go straight down to you know where?, or if they grow out, more laterally. I'm not sure how to include a picture since I don't have a website, but I'll try to look up how to do that, and then include a picture. Suffice it to say (for now) that it's about half again the height of the garage...and climbing! Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer!

The 10-day 90+ spell here in Portland dried out the eucryphia blooms; only some of the very latest are still white. I see bumblebees go for the blossoms up there, too (black spots in center of blooms).

I grow that one Barrie, however my specimen has grown much slower because of where I have it planted. I planted it as a seedling 10 years ago or so. You probably know the one I'm talking about, it's over by my Brahea. Also exposure to cold winds and prolonged extreme min. temps. will determine what survives the next Arctic Blast. I had a Eucs. survive the freeze of Feb. 1989 and Dec. 1990. I also have E.dalrympleana that are approx. 70-80'ft in height. I'm waiting for the day when Old Man Winter will challenge them. So far in they have not been bothered by the cold.I grew them from seed collected in the coldest provenance where they grow. My garden is in a very sheltered location so wind is not a factor. Only time will tell. Joe

Glad you liked the pics. Mary, I planted the Pseudopanax ferox in 2006. I planted P. crassifolius nearby at the same time but it croaked in the sort-of-bad winter of 2006-07. So ferox wins. I hope it gets big and if it dies I like your idea. I just did 50+ cuttings of that Podocarpus salignus so there will be plenty of those available later if I don't kill them all. (I think I brought a couple to Fronderosa) I originally got it from Colvos Creek. It's surprising how readily cuttings on that assume apical dominance. Lagarostrobos franklinii has been there for years... very slow. But cool. It's also easy from cuttings.... I think I did about 25 cuttings of it. I don't know what happened to the elk; maybe they all swam to Hawaii to look for food. I haven't seen them yet this year at all. Cascadians, the only real loss is the Cupressus. With so many trees I expect a couple major losses like that every year.... last year it was that Pinus patula. Everything else can be fixed. No need to freak out, just be patient! PS. don't stake your trees too tightly - I think it's better to use rope to secure them or else prop them up with a hefty branch. Most eucs are inclined to lean and there's usually no point in trying to stop them.