OH NOES!!!!! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!! Cineole and α-pinene, both highly toxic terpenes, were found adsorbed to colloidal soil particles of the litter and bare zones. Adsorbed terpenes were toxic to germinating seeds and seedlings. Cineole (aka eucalyptol) is also found in bay leaves, tea tree, mugwort, sweet basil, wormwood, rosemary, sage and other aromatic plants. Alpha-pinene is found in rosemary and PINE TREES! Are you saying that we should not compost basil, pine needles, or sage? Water-soluble toxins found in the litter inhibited herb growth in laboratory, green-house, and field experiments. Of 10 isolated phenolic toxins, five were identified as caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, p-coumaric acid, ferulic acid, and gallic acid. OMG CAFFEIC ACID and CHLOROGENIC ACID!!!! I tremble in fear, because they are also found in COFFEE. We're poisoning out compost heaps with those Starbucks UCGs. p-Coumaric acid can be found in a wide variety of edible plants such as peanuts, tomatoes, carrots, and garlic. Ferulic acid is found in seeds of plants such as in rice, wheat, and oats, as well as in coffee, apple, artichoke, peanut, orange and pineapple. Gallic acid is found in plants such as tea, mangos, raspberries, chocolate, witch hazel and walnuts. Note for the non-chemists: when you start analyzing plants, they are loaded with scary sounding CHEMICALS! Don't panic. They are all "natural".

Hi Joe, I do have 3 trees of E. camphora in my garden. My oldest one is about 4 years old so it has not really been through any cold winters. It's a nice species though, I think you should try it! It has grown very vigorously in a site that is waterlogged in winter and very dry in summer.

Barrie, Like Ian said, just sow and wait. I planted my Cordata in 1996. There is a road lined with 5 of them near town. I sold them to the gardener as 1 gallon specimens just over 4 years ago. You should see how big they are now. They are a very rapid growing tree. Cheers, Joe

There is a lady called Chantal Troccaz who sells all manner of native seed pods at The Rocks Market which I think is held every Saturday. Her business is called Australian Eycalypts Gifts and her ph no are 93312439 or 0403293601.