Can anybody ID this Eucalyptus Gunni

jamesharcourt

Not sure on the variety and mature size info.

punkdoc

E.gunii is the species, there are no varieties.
It will grow to 100 feet, if you let it.
I have several, that I keep as shrubs, by coppicing in early Spring.

Marlorena

I think the member has answered his own question... although there are varieties available now, 2 dwarf ones called 'French Blue' and 'Azura'... but both are rather expensive, and unlikely to be in the above photos... but they could be...

jamesharcourt

Ok thanks, this one wasn’t so expensive but looked totally different to the other ones that were marked as Azura.  This is bushier and the leaves seemed smaller.

punkdoc

The leaves are always smaller, when they are juvenile.
If you coppice them, they will always have small leaves.

Lyn

I bought this one to commemorate my daughter’s 13th. birthday, this was it 15 years later.

jamesharcourt

Lyn said:

I bought this one to commemorate my daughter’s 13th. birthday, this was it 15 years later.

Wow.  I’m putting this one into a relatively small space!  Can they just be trimmed to size a couple of times a year?

Pete.8

I bought a gunnii best part of 30 years ago for £1.99
Fast forward about 20 years - 


The photo was taken in 2009
It then cost £1100 to have it taken down and I still have a 5ft diameter trunk at soil level.

So yes definitely keep it hard pruned.
That will also keep the attractive young foliage rather than the pointy adult foliage.

PS - I see you treated yourself to a pittosporum too

Fairygirl

jamesharcourt said:

  This is bushier and the leaves seemed smaller.

Don't let it fool you , James 
Those things have a mission to take over the world  

Marlorena

With the dwarfing varieties there's no need to have a tree like that today... these are a welcome change..

Fairygirl

I'd guess world domination is part of the reason, Del 
Pete's in Essex, so I'd also guess dry ground is an issue, along with the inevitable shade.