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Re: hardy Eucalyptus

>John Failor wrote:
>>
>>         I have recently become interested in growing a Eucalyptus tree. I
>> would need one that would be hardy in Ohio (zone 5). I have read that E.
>> neglecta is quite hardy but is more of a shrub than a tree. Does anyone
>> know of any hardy tree sized eucalyptus and where I could obtain a seedling
>> or some seeds. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>> John
>>

John-
I receive a newsletter called Hardy Enough, which is basically a group for
gardeners experimenting with plants at or above the limits of their
published hardiness.  They also run a nursery, Hardy Exotics, 261 Pendleton
Ave., Chicopee, MA 01020.  I misplaced their 1997 catalog,  but their
Spring 1996 catalog lists 2 species, Eucalyptus debeuzevillei and E.
neglecta, with the following narrative:

"These plants grown from seeds collected high in the Australian Alps, the
only region in the Land Down Under where temperatures fall to 0F.   Mature
plants have survived to -10F in northern England.  No other nursery in the
United States offers [these] plants which are 4-8 degreesF hardier than E.
niphophila (once thought the hardiest eucalypt) and no doubt hardier than
typical E. debeuzevillei as well."

 They note that E. neglecta is an alpine eucalypt shrub with hardiness on a
scale with E. debeuzevillei and while its shrubby form makes it less a
trophy plant, it's easier to protect in severe weather .


Don Martinson
Medical College of Wisconsin
dmartin@post.its.mcw.edu

"Existing order thrives upon ignorance and lies.
Objective truth and individual reason are feared above all."

Jimmy Johnson - "Arlo & Janis"


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