eucalyptus die back

[Urubaen]

I've noticed as the last couple of months have advanced that there are a lot of eucalyptus that seem to be dying i guess because of the harsh start of the winter. Im just wondering if they are likely to re-shoot or just die completely.

[Stephen Blair]

they dont like frost, go grey and loose colour but all the ones i know of come back every year.

[Urubaen]

Ah good, we manage a eucalyptus experimental woodland that has damage wouldn't be very experimental if it all had to be cut down, though would learn not to plant the dam stuff.

[Lorry thompson]

Funny that just been to look at a eucalyptus which was frost damaged looked in a poor state they wanted it pollarding harshly I talked them into removal and re plant thinking they are weak enough before a pollard.

[ecolojim]

theyve all gone brown/grey in the leaves and looking pretty sorry for themselves round here too, including the one in my back garden at my new house. Unfortunately i think it's for the chop anyway considering what the previous owners have done to it!

[Dave D]

coincidently ive been watching the euc in my neighbours garden, a decent sized co dominant. it started with a small area at the lower part of the tree and i suspected frost damage, then gradually it started systematically affecting the whole tree over recent months. a good 90 % + has been affected now and i'm thinking 'silver leaf'. either way its looking like the tree wont be pulling back now.

[conkers]

I have not seen a green Euc for weeks. Never seen them this bad before. Guessing weather conditions.

[treesnatcher]

how are the cordyline your way? 98% dead in lincolnshire dozens/week

[Theocus]

Eucs are used to loosing all their leaves with fire damage, it might be an idea to leave them for a summer to see about regeneration. If they have died then obviously remove them. Pruning out the dead leaf mass (hard) might encourage new growth from the tree as this is their survival strategy with fire damage. Again this is newish ground here so we shall wait and see.!!

[nepia]

There was an identical thread about this time last year and the most likely explanation arising then was winter drought killing the smaller specimens as groundwater had been locked up as ice.

But if larger ones are copping it this time round perhaps it's not that simple unless two hard winters have had a cumulative effect.