Re: Eucs as houseplants?
Reminds me that I have been meaning to find a place to plant some (outside
admittedly) and prune hard, they can look absolutely exquisite, wonder if I
should try a hedge - in Australia at least they are grown extensively for
the florist market, the juvenile foliage (particularly cinerea) is very nice
with yellow chrysanthemums etc .....
Jane Zammit
Kurrajong - up the road from Sydney
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Seals" <gardenguru@yahoo.com>
To: <MEDIT-PLANTS@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: Eucs as houseplants?
> All:
>
> Some years ago, it was quite popular in Englad as well
> as most of temperate Europe to grow several species of
> the "Silver dollar" (and other silver-when-immature
> species) eucalyptus as house plants.
>
> That included Ee. cinerea, kruseana, perriana,
> polyanthemos, preissiana, and pulverulenta. Most of
> them were sold simply as "Silver Dollar" or such and
> were not identified to species.
>
> They were nice in that they tolerated quite a bit of
> pruning (needed in homes with ceilings that were only
> 10 feet high or so). In fact, they actually thrived
> on such frequent and hard pruning and looked better
> for it, with compact growth and LOTS of silvery
> immature foliage.
>
> I'm sure they were as successful as the degree of
> green thumb handling them.
>
> I know some European seed packet companies still sell
> them (including Samen-Maser of Switzerland and Benary
> of Germany).
>
> Joe Seals
> Santa Maria, CA
>
