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Eucalyptus experiences

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Posted by amato 8a-northern Greece (My Page) on
Tue, Nov 7, 06 at 13:12

I live in northern Greece and I'd be interested in hearing from anyone that has or had any Eucalyptus in cold areas like mine.

I recently sowed 3 varieties: E.coccifera, E.niphophila and E.debeuzevillei(to stratificate them).All of them are subspecies of the species pauciflora.I've read that these are the hardiest species and could stand heavy frosts.
In the past I had some Eucalyptus but froze to the ground.The species were E.ficifolia(tropical one), E.gunnii

Any experiences or ideas??

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Eucalyptus Gunnii should be tough enough. I have a tree which everywinter faces several months of heavy frost and sometimes 6' of snow too.
In my spanish garden I have another which again gets some frost,last year -12 C degrees. The tree does suffer a little in the hot dry winds.

Here is a link that might be useful: Our Mediteeanean Garden

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  • Posted by amato 8a-northern Greece (My Page) on
    Sun, Nov 12, 06 at 16:29

thanks for the response
I had an E.gunnii for two yrs or so but after a heavy frost it died back to earth.Here in northern Greece in the last 5-6 yrs it gets really chilly in the winter.
for example 2001 December -19 C.
2003 winter -17 C
2006 February -20 C
Also snow is prevalent here every winter.When it comes to the icy seberian winds...no comment.But I still try planting here subtropical species
I hope the 3 species I sowed are more promising.
thanks again
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