Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Nov 30, 2009 9:40 am Hi all, my neighbour has this tree growing on his block & I'd love to plant the same. Can someone identify it & possible tell me from where I can buy it? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Built the Eden Brae Cambridge 34 Family with Boston Corner Facade Re: CAN SOMEONE IDENTIFY THIS TREE ? 5Nov 30, 2009 12:18 pm yes buzz, it's a watermelon colour....stunning! Can't believe I've never seen it before I think you're right Dukekamaya , I googled Eucalyptus Ficifolia & found this : Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Now, we need Fu to confirm & I'll be off to check out my local nurseries. Built the Eden Brae Cambridge 34 Family with Boston Corner Facade Re: CAN SOMEONE IDENTIFY THIS TREE ? 6Nov 30, 2009 1:08 pm Its a Red Flowering gum, native to WA. You will find it in most nurseries grafted on to an east-coast root stock Re: CAN SOMEONE IDENTIFY THIS TREE ? 8Nov 30, 2009 6:03 pm A fantastic WA native One of the most popular of the eucs Although contrivesially it is no longer classified a Euc It is now called Corymbia Ficifolia. Naturally found growing on WA's far Southern coastline. http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/17103 These are commonly sold as grafted trees. However they are no longer grown here in WA grafted because the grafts are a weakness in the tree. This has resulted in wonderfully mature specimens snapping off at the graft So often that good growers just don't bother grafting them anymore. They vary a huge amount in their height due to micro climates in the native areas. Re: CAN SOMEONE IDENTIFY THIS TREE ? 9Nov 30, 2009 6:17 pm My bad Fu, I forgot it was one of the re-classified species. Embarressing considering how often I correct people when they refer to Spotted Gum or Red Bloodwood as Eucalptus' I've been reading a fair bit on the re-classification thing lately. I am pro-Corymbia which seems to be the case with all but 2 bodies in Oz. The Corymbias seem closer to the Angopheras than Eucalypts and the Angopheras were split from Eucalpyts back around 1890! Re: CAN SOMEONE IDENTIFY THIS TREE ? 10Nov 30, 2009 6:58 pm it's a sensitive issue that's for sure. It seems it is horts and native enthusiasts v's botanists. Verticordias and Chamaluciums (Gero waxes) will be next it seems. the interbreed stupidly easy and are more or less the same plant. Dryandras and Banksias are all Banksias now with all sorts of renaming going on of species. I know some very influential and well known native experts who refuse to use newer names claiming it to be trivial rubbish. These people are some of the ones who develop and find these amazing WA plants to sell in retail outlets and to landscapers around Australia. On another note, although the red Flowering Gum looks nice, I would very strongly suggest the use of Eucalyptus caesia or "The Silver Princess" over the "Red Flowering Gum". It leaves it for dead. The head Abourist at Kings Park has mentioned that they could not even imagine breeding a Eucalypt as beautiful as the Silver Princess. A wonderful flower show, just in late to early spring and not the warmer months like the ficifolia pictured. They grow about the same size. Even without flower, it is a truly beautiful tree. I also will add that the graft used on the ficifolia is not to keep it dwarf, that has nothing to do with it. It is so you guys in the east can grow our tree over there Your summers are wetter than ours and the traditional root stock sometimes doesn't like the extra moisture in summer. Beware the inherent weakness with it when grafted Silver princess, well just leaves it for dead Much easier to grow too for you guys Re: CAN SOMEONE IDENTIFY THIS TREE ? 13Nov 30, 2009 9:41 pm Dukekamaya You have any pics? Found some - stunning flowers : Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Don't like the tree though (can't upload the pic) : http://www.geographylists.com/eucalyptus_caesia2.jpg Built the Eden Brae Cambridge 34 Family with Boston Corner Facade Re: CAN SOMEONE IDENTIFY THIS TREE ? 15Nov 30, 2009 11:35 pm Yeah Annie that is what Josh had out at his and was featured on Gardening Australia on the weekend. His is grafted but as i mentioned the graft is more to do with eastern states summer conditions than making it a dwarf. Silver Princess, have I got any pics? Yeah but where? I'll have a rummage through my massive collection Re: CAN SOMEONE IDENTIFY THIS TREE ? 17Dec 01, 2009 12:08 am I got this one which shows the incredible bark that peels away from time to time revealing incredible very attractive new bark underneath. The grey white is a feature of newish growth and the really new growth is vibrant red. It just weeps over this really nice pendular growth. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: CAN SOMEONE IDENTIFY THIS TREE ? 20Dec 01, 2009 12:25 am I found one I took hang on I'll upload it 1 396 Hello. I just bought a few acres in Habana, Mackay, and my horses seem to love hanging around under this tree. I would like to name the paddock after this tree. Can… 0 9529 |