Eucalyptus trees dying ?

[Husqvarna King]

Thats interesting, maybe the smaller ones copped some root damage (from ground freezing) and the bigger ones less so.

 

Theres still a mistake in my last 2 posts re my reading of my RHS quote but I'm gonna let it lie as I'll probably make another one correcting myself.

 

Re huskys pollard, if it was march this year that they were ok and after the frost, then it would defy all reason if they didn't come back.

 

 

Edit: Gloucs = down south too though so another variable as might be less cold

 

Hey, we still had some pretty hard frosts in march, and the few leaves that i did leave have died:thumbdown:

[Albedo]

Bit of anecdotal evidence.

 

The eucy I took out this week.

 

Knocking the tops out with wee directional fells onto a pocket hanky lawn went ok for a euk, as in not excessively brittle.

 

But splitting rings with an axe, they shattered a bit more than is usual like they were part seasoned already.

 

So I'm leaning towards more dead than alive.

[White Noise]

Hi all just spoke to the TO who has informed me that their specialist is putting the Euc problems down to sustained frozen conditions . Which is probably why the more mature trees have been coping better . So whoever suggested this in the first place :thumbup:

[Borders Training]

As the title says . I,m noticing a lot of Eucalyptus trees looking in really poor condition . Most of them have small areas of dead leaves turning brown . In some cases the whole tree has been subject to this . Anybody else notice this . Oh sorry if this has been mentioned before .

 

A huge bonus to man kind?

[scotspine1]

Thought I'd wait and see about the Eucs when I first saw this thread.

 

Have now seen around 20 small to medium sized Eucalytus gunni showing signs of dying back in the greater Glasgow area, have had customers calling me to come and take a look and give my opinion.

 

The die-back is typical of everyone's description in this thread, brown necrotic leaves.

 

Should these trees definitely be removed?

 

Do we know for sure they wont regenerate?

 

Some of the trees I've seen are major focal points in gardens and most of them haven't become hazardous yet.

 

Should we as an industry wait and see before removing these trees?

[Albedo]

Thought I'd wait and see about the Eucs when I first saw this thread.

 

Have now seen around 20 small to medium sized Eucalytus gunni showing signs of dying back in the greater Glasgow area, have had customers calling me to come and take a look and give my opinion.

 

The die-back is typical of everyone's description in this thread, brown necrotic leaves.

 

Should these trees definitely be removed?

 

Do we know for sure they wont regenerate?

 

Some of the trees I've seen are major focal points in gardens and most of them haven't become hazardous yet.

 

 

 

Should we as an industry wait and see before removing these trees?

 

Thats what I've been thinking mate, 'wait and see', they may be thinking it was a flashfire, to which they are adapted. The one I killed was comeing out anyway.

[common lime]

My monies is on the first 6 month winter for 20 years and the cold snap in May. Also when the trees are near a highway a combo of the above with rock salt will be having a negative impact upon the trees. I would give the trees a little more time to recovery from this factors and considered that most trees species are 4 weeks behind from last year.

 

This reminds me of a site visit last year in July with a landscape architect. I was asked how did I know that one of the trees on site was dead? I ask back is there anything green on it? I got the reply back of No! I than asked what month it was and then penny finally dropped:sneaky2:

[JackSelwood]

i went to look at a eucalyptus today and its leaves were brown but some were a pale green. this is the best ive found on the internet about it, somethings surely not right with it if the leaves are brown? just asking for a bit of help did you put it down to the frost?

[Old Mill Tree Care]

It seems obvious from following this thread that the dead/dying Eucs are up north. I'm in sunny Surrey and have noticed none.

We did experience a much colder, longer period than usual and as a result have been felling loads of Cordyline, Palm species, Contorted Willow and big Camelia.

It's colder further north hence the Euc deaths.

[Paul Smith]

It seems obvious from following this thread that the dead/dying Eucs are up north. I'm in sunny Surrey and have noticed none.

We did experience a much colder, longer period than usual and as a result have been felling loads of Cordyline, Palm species, Contorted Willow and big Camelia.

It's colder further north hence the Euc deaths.

 

Well I'm in North Essex and I have seen loads of dead Eucs and palm species.