Eucalyptus - Dave Bradshaw

If youve visited the Fran Hansen Discovery Center here at the SC Botanical Gardens youve driven right by one of the unusual trees here. Ive heard well Ive wondered what that was so today Ill tell you. Weve got a Eucalyptus tree in the background and what I like about this particular tree is that is has those wavy slender limbs that in the rustle of the wind it almost gives you a waterfall sound and it ahs a very unusual foliage. The individual leaves can be quite variable. Ive had people that thought this was two different kinds of trees growing together no so. The round leaves that you can see there on the stems have no pedial and during some early stages of the juvenile form the leaf actually complete surrounds the stem and as it goes into its teenage years if you will it has no pedial but attached directly to the stem. Then, as it matures into the adult form the leaves change quite dramatically it has a pedial- that little piece of stem that attaches the leaf directly to the actually stem and then the leaves are long and lancelet and quite delicate in the breeze. So in each phase of it s development it has a different foliage form and thats what makes it so unusual and so attractive to people. So, if you want one of these and dont have a large place to grow a Eucalyptus tree cut it down to the ground each year and enjoy that juvenile foliage. Come to see us at the Fran Hansen Discovery Center at the SC Botanical Gardens and take time to stop and look at our Eucalyptus tree.

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[Mbitten1]

Euc. do very well all over Brazil and are used to produce paper. These are very strong plants and very fast growing but some people do not like them because they are not native from south america. Any way I have many of them in my backyard. To see them just search for "Florianopolis Sitio Floresta"

[bj616]

@fifh89 I don't think they would work good as a house plant.

[bj616]

Great vid. I am a big time grower of Eucs. and there are tons of them on our island. I harvest local seed and grow them. Most are very fast growers.

[stevennyc21]

I have been grow one tree in my dorm for one year so far its doing very well.

[fifh89]

anybody out there ever try growing this in the house?

[OhItsJustMe2]

How old is that tree?