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Can anybody ID this Eucalyptus Gunni

jamesharcourtjamesharcourt Posts: 465
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Not sure on the variety and mature size info.

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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    E.gunii is the species, there are no varieties.
    It will grow to 100 feet, if you let it.
    I have several, that I keep as shrubs, by coppicing in early Spring.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705
    I think the member has answered his own question... although there are varieties available now, 2 dwarf ones called 'French Blue' and 'Azura'... but both are rather expensive, and unlikely to be in the above photos... but they could be...
    East Anglia, England
  • jamesharcourtjamesharcourt Posts: 465
    Ok thanks, this one wasn’t so expensive but looked totally different to the other ones that were marked as Azura.  This is bushier and the leaves seemed smaller.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    The leaves are always smaller, when they are juvenile.
    If you coppice them, they will always have small leaves.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I bought this one to commemorate my daughter’s 13th. birthday, this was it 15 years later.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • jamesharcourtjamesharcourt Posts: 465
    Lyn said:
    I bought this one to commemorate my daughter’s 13th. birthday, this was it 15 years later.

    Wow.  I’m putting this one into a relatively small space!  Can they just be trimmed to size a couple of times a year?
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    edited December 2018
    I bought a gunnii best part of 30 years ago for £1.99
    Fast forward about 20 years - 


    The photo was taken in 2009
    It then cost £1100 to have it taken down and I still have a 5ft diameter trunk at soil level.

    So yes definitely keep it hard pruned.
    That will also keep the attractive young foliage rather than the pointy adult foliage.

    PS - I see you treated yourself to a pittosporum too

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    jamesharcourt said:
      This is bushier and the leaves seemed smaller.
    Don't let it fool you , James  ;)
    Those things have a mission to take over the world   :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705
    With the dwarfing varieties there's no need to have a tree like that today... these are a welcome change..
    East Anglia, England
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'd guess world domination is part of the reason, Del  ;)
    Pete's in Essex, so I'd also guess dry ground is an issue, along with the inevitable shade. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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