Hello, am looking for Rainbow Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus deglupta) seeds. I have access to many types of seeds and plants. Let me know what you are looking for. We could make a trade.

"I hope we can still get that cool rainbow look but I'm really just happy I'm getting any growth at all right now." Not in Virginia Beach but it's impressive, surprising even, that it managed to return from the roots. Where did your gift giver get it - or did you ask? I think they are pretty rare in commerce. "We have a lot of crepe mertles here that people cut back and the tree regrows its branches back, would a eucalyptus do the same?" It would but it's a bad idea, especially for crape myrtle. Google "crape murder" - I believe there used to be a website.

Try this: ICRAF-Malaybalay Office Lantapan Field Office Sungco, Lantapan, Bukidnon Tel (Mobile): +63 09177070878 Avocado St., Casisang, Malaybalay City 8700 Malaybalay, Bukidnon - PHILIPPINES Tel. +63 (088) 2213187 Telefax: +63 (088) 2213859 Email: icraf@mozcom.com Contact: Dr. Delia Catacutan NRM Research Officer & Mindanao Programme Coordinator Email: delia_icraf@yahoo.com ---------------- Since they are used for pulpwood in the Phils, ICRAF Mindanao may be able to put you onto a seed source. The Rainbow Eucalypt is native to west of the Wallace line i.e. Indonesia and western Mindanao, therefore Zamboanga City rather than Bukidnon though the Botanists may put my provenance right on this. Because they are relatively free of essential oils these rainforest Eucs do not explode as firebombs like those no-no 'gumtrees' in the big fires in Calif a year ago, Oct 08. Goodluck - the trunks are beautiful. Sweeney

Update: Eucalyptus deglupta that I raised several dozen of and only this past winter I planted 6 of them into the ground at an elevation of around 150 m above sea level, into a poor "soil". They did not grow too large in their pots over the past 5 years. After clearing an acre or so of shrubby woods with an excavator I was struggling to find some soil to purchase in order to cover the field. The soil I covered it with by just a barely a foot or so is very poor and has a lot of volcanic "gravel" in it mostly, stones and clay. It is dug up from down deep so it has got no organic matter yet. Finally the 6 x "Arcoiris" (Rainbow Eucalyptus) are in the ground and are slowly growing. Some showing deep, red foliage and some green foliage. The bark is still mostly light brown with some opened up patches of light green. They should show more colour when the trunks grow to at least 10-15 cm thickness if they will have tropicals colours here at all. Will see how their bark will look after several more years, whether all brownish and light green or will show some more tropical colours such as orange, red and especially blue. I will post an update then and now here are some photos of the pot-grown ones after 5 years (they grow very slowly in the pots): Anyone growing these in Portugal or Spain please post up close photos of the bark of larger E.d. (Eucalypto arcoiris) trees if possible.