I have a Eucalyptus but not sure what one. It is not multi stemmed and grows huge, we have to keep getting a ladder up to chop it off. It is a lovely tree, the branches are very twisted and the bark peels. It too has lovely foliage and white flowers. I love it.
@LORELEI, probably Eucalyptus gunnii. Yes! They do grow large. Yes! Their bark and foliage are well worth the trouble. Yes! I brought one this summer because the young foliage is just so beautifully blue and I'm a huge fan of Eucalyptus!
Yes! I plan to hard prune mine They can take a good hacking back. What a great plant.
My bad, Winter--it's a lovely tree. My arbutus has cinnamon bark that peels off in summer to reveal lovely pistachio green underneath. I need to sweep up the dry leaves daily--sheds all summer. The bark is full of tannin, and can turn my collected rainwater the colour of coffe if I don't keep the gutters clear. Still love them, though.
Yes, really lovely pics. Not messy from what I can see, but I like the overgrown look, nothing formal for me. (not that Im saying yours is overgrown), just that I like gardens to be a bit on the wild side. Yep Wintersong, thats the one, Eucalyptus Gunnii, I remember now. I love it. My neighbour is a florist and whenever we give it a good cut back she has some of the smaller branches for her bouquets etc.
I like it when people say they like gardens on the wild side. It makes me feel better about the wild way everything takes off in mine. The only bit of bare soil is in the veg patch where my runner beans are fighting a losing battle with the slugs and cats.
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@LORELEI, probably Eucalyptus gunnii. Yes! They do grow large. Yes! Their bark and foliage are well worth the trouble. Yes! I brought one this summer because the young foliage is just so beautifully blue and I'm a huge fan of Eucalyptus!
Yes! I plan to hard prune mine
They can take a good hacking back. What a great plant.
My bad, Winter--it's a lovely tree. My arbutus has cinnamon bark that peels off in summer to reveal lovely pistachio green underneath. I need to sweep up the dry leaves daily--sheds all summer. The bark is full of tannin, and can turn my collected rainwater the colour of coffe if I don't keep the gutters clear. Still love them, though.
Ouch Inkadog! what a lot of trouble but I was sold by pistachio green...
Sounds divine.
HI EVERYONE.. a lovely day to be out in the garden.. i have managed to uplaod couple of the pictrues i ahve taken.. so here goes..
it is all looking very lush and at times i feel a little bit messy.. but colourful!
Hope you all had good day digging and wandering.
Gorgeous pics @gardenfantic.
Thanks for sharing.
I like it when people say they like gardens on the wild side.
It makes me feel better about the wild way everything takes off in mine. The only bit of bare soil is in the veg patch where my runner beans are fighting a losing battle with the slugs and cats.
Oh, good--mine is certainly on the wild side---but at least partly by design!
I love June - Great month
That is until July.........