Hello I'm looking for eucalyptus seeds. I'll take any species but I'm especially looking for eucalyptus gunnii and eucalyptus cinerea (silver dollar gum). I have many vegetable and herb seeds to trade. Let me know if interested. E-mail someguy00273952@yahoo.com

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The name Eucalyptus gunnii 'Silver Drop' is widely presented as a cultivar name and therefore does not qualify for trademark protection. A company could use another name to sell the plant (eg. Brandon's Bodacious Eucalyptus series), and have that name trademarked, but nothing like that has been mentioned here. If the plant was being sold under a trade name, that would not preclude seed propagation. It would only limit what you could name your plants when reselling them. The plant itself, Eucalyptus gunnii 'Silver Drop', does not appear to be patented. Since there is no patent, you are free to vegetatively propagate it (cuttings, grafts, etc). Plant patents only apply to vegetative propagation. Plant variety protection is used mostly for some agricultural crops to limit propagation from seed. I know of no woody ornamental plant that has ever been given this legal status. And, to go to even further extremes, I am absolutely sure that there is no patented gene in this plant. Growing the seed is 100% legal.

I just saw this old post, wondering if you planted your eucalyptus or not. I'm in Chicago, zone 5, so don't think there is any type of eucalyptus that would survive our cold wet winters. But, after one winter seeing lots of eucalyptus grow in the English Garden of the Chicago Botanical Garden, I thought it was interesting. It was the blue eucalyptus that you see in your dry arrangements. I tried it the same year in the spring from seed. It is the blue leaf eucalyptus that you see in dry arrangements. The seeds are tiny, but most have sprouted in regular potting soil. I planted those when they were 1-inch high into pots, then put them in the ground in the garden. At the end of the year, in the fall, they were maybe 2ft tall, cut them down and I believe I still have some great-smelling twigs in the house. I think in our climate they're grown as annuals... they won't survive the winters here. If someone knows otherwise, I'd love to find out. I hear southern Illinois grows eucalyptus... but that's 2 zones warmer.