Someone gave me a seedling of a eucalyptus a few years ago, and now it's over 6 feet tall. She thought it would be an annual plant, but I planted it out in my garden and it's still growing. Any ideas on what to do with it? Can it be moved to another location? I thought it was going to be temporary so planted it in the middle of the garden. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Here's the site of the growers we use :

Eucalyptus

The site gives a lot of useful information on eucalyptus.

There is a short section on transplanting (see the FAQ). Be not afraid! They say that transplanting is difficult after two seasons.They mean two seasons from when you'd buy a plant from them, not two years from seed so you may well be successful without trouble. (They don't send saplings out until the trees are about 2 feet tall).It's best to wait until March (in Britain, anyway: but see the site )

Your eucalyptus is likely to be eucalyptus gunnii which is the species that is found almost invariably in garden centres and plant nurseries, being easy to grow and quite hardy.It is quite a fast grower: reckon three feet or more a year for a young plant that is settled.Most eucalyptus are fast growers. (The dalrympeana at Newmarket made 40 plus feet in nine seasons from purchase from this nursery . This species is a particularly fast grower, even in Britain)

Good luck with it! If it's happy a eucalyptus makes a fine tree or shrub with attractive bark and pleasantly smelling foliage. It's sort of evergreen in that it doesn't lose all its leaves but those that remain tend to go reddish and may look a bit scruffy sometimes.

thank you so much for the link for info on the Eucalyptus. From the description of the gunni, it does sound similar to mine. I'll have to try and find a picture. We have a guest here from Australia, and he says it doesn't look like the ones they have there as the leaves are different. I will try moving it next spring, and hopefully it will survive. For now, I'll have to do a bit of pruning as it's starting to shade some plants in the garden.

Hi, I purchased 2 12" eucalyptus plants about 3 years ago to plant so that I wouldn't have to purchase anymore dried leaves for my home. They help with breathing and beautifying the home. I planted one in the front in the full sun and it grew 8ft in one year. The other I planted i the back yard but, not in the full sun. The neighbors next had 20ft bamboo growing that partially blocked the sunlight. It never grew any larger. However, the plant in the front yard died because EVERYONE on the street and passing by picked off of it. They took branches and sometimes whole limbs until it died. I then tried to move the plant in the backyard. I took the whole plant with the surrounding plant and moved it during early November. It lived 2 days and died. I am trying to purchased 4 more to plant in the BACKYARD. Neighbors and human predators will kill your eucalyptus plants.

Yes, Abudu, that is a hazard !Animals have more sense than humans. Animals may strip some of the bark and may eat some of the leaves but they are not stupid enough to kill the tree

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