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Re: hardy Eucalyptus

In a message dated 97-11-28 00:01:34 EST, you write:

<< The reason I don't carry it is that it is only marginally hardy.  The
 bigger it gets, the harder it is to shelter.  So I feel that I would be
 doing a dis-service to a customer who babies the begger for 6 to 8 years
 and then have it freeze to death when it's finally 15-20 feet high.
 It's not like digging up a posey and pitching it.  It's back breaking
 work to dig up a 10 foot rootball.
 So, there is my opinion.  I wouldn't do it in zone 5.

 The Greenhouse Nursery
 81 S. Bagley Creek Road & Hwy 101
 Port Angeles, WA  98362 >>

            I too, am  interested in Eucalyptus trees. I'm looking for
hardiness at the other end of the spectrum of heat,  humidity, and gumbo clay
soil. Okay, so you don't recommend growing them in zome 5. How about zone 8b?
My interest  is purely as a means to  provide  natural nectar for
Hummingbirds, for which the Eucalyptus is supposed to be one. Do you have any
suggestions for growing them for this purpose?

CherrylM
Baker, LA
USDA zone 8b
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