eucalyptus gunnii question?

Last post 05-04-2012 9:20 PM by AlexS. 2 replies.

• 04/04/2012 10:24 PM

  honeybunny Location: Dublin, Ireland Joined on: 02 Apr 2012 Posts: 19

  Reply | Contact i planted a eucalyptus gunnii in the garden the year before last, the plan was to coppice it yearly so it stayed nice and bushy as opposed to leaving it as a tree, i read somewhere to leave it alone for a few year to establish its root system before coppicing it for the first time....now im having doubts, its grown to about 12ft-ish as a tree....so on a single stem, will i kill it if i cut the whole thing down to say a foot off the ground...i really dont want to kill it !

• 05/04/2012 08:27 PM	In reply to
  Lynnoot Location: Notts Joined on: 12 Aug 2010 Posts: 12	Reply | Contact I have seen Eucalyptus trees cut down almost down to ground level, so they seem to survive whatever.  We cut ours down every year to keep it down  to about 10'.

• 05/04/2012 09:20 PM	In reply to
  AlexS Location: Reading Joined on: 06 Sep 2009 Posts: 501	Reply | Contact Yes I agree, and I'd say do it right away. Once you have cut it down it will take WEEKS for it to start to sprout again, during which time you'll think you've killed it, but don't lose faith, be patient, everything will work out fine! Alex