yes this is their second winter so their 3rd season is coming up. No cold in the 30 day forecast. 8)

Excellent! We'll soon have a palmsnorth supply of Tim's hardy Eucalyptus if they keep going! oh, and Tim, you might have a problem when you suddenly have 3 20'+ Eucs in your yard!

Hi Paul................I hear you! 😀 .........................When I planted my 3 foot tall southern Magnolia back in 2004 I knew someday it would be big! That day is hear.............it's 18 feet tall now and shading my Yucca garden. Maybe I should plant some big leaf Rhodo's under the Magnolia like R. rex or R. hodgsonii? 😉

The next 'normal' winter will likely kill off the Eucalyptus's...............only time will tell. I walked around my garden today to inspect all the Eucalyptus's and it appears only the E. debe's and E. neglecta's survived with little to no damage. All others seem 100% toast......perhaps some trunks will survive?

E. neglecta 'Upper Buckland River, Mt. Buffalo National Park, NSW'. This is a FIRST year seedling! No bad at all.:shock:
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rhodies would look really good under those eucs.. Watch out for shoots next year on those fried ones. Grats as well 😀

here's an update on the Euc's.

Lots of leaf damage but the stems look OK.
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Close up on the leaves:
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Odd that its the lower area on the back rather then the top? Looks really good though!

Look at those buds, ready to push all those old leaves off. 😀

Methinks they look pretty good! What was you low again?

Jesse,

The coldest air in my yard is near the ground since my yard is flat and surrounded by a solid fence. This is a contributor why the lowest leaves fried.

Paul,

The lowest temp was -2.9F (-19.3C)

Oh a frost pocket.... Thats a pretty good low for that Euc Tim 😯

Update.......2 of the 3 Eucalyptus's did fine this past winter except for some major leaf defoliation. This Euc. is growing best in my climate. The 3rd Euc. in this area received branch die back and is still quite small....but surviving.

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update photo.....

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Even E. neglecta is getting taller.....that's a 6'tall (1.85m) tall fence.
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Love the colour... What do you think its chances are this winter?

Hi Paul,

I've never had a Euc survive longer than 2 seasons here.......if it survives this winter it will be a record. 8)

another update......low of -6.5F (-21.4C) and my Euc's are dying left and right........one of the survivors is this one snow gum (the Euc on the right). The snow gum Euc on the left is toast.

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Close up on the leaves
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E. neglecta is toast too
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