Eucalyptus Polyanthemos
Eucalyptus Polyanthemos
A tender perennial that that loves the summer heat. These guys can also be treated as an annual and harvest late summer until a hard freeze in the fall or winter. Here we are in zone 8b and they will winter over but need protection. Mulch, frost cloth, you name it. It does fine most of the winter, but we tend to get a couple cold snaps for short periods of time during the winter where it dips into the twenties and colder. Protect, protect and protect. If you have them in a pot. Move them in during those periods. Eucalyptus have a tap root and really don’t like to be transplanted, but if your going to attempt it dig deep. You have to get below the tap root or they will die. No netting or staking is necessary. These guys will also get bushier if you give it a pinch. Seedlings are tending so, don’t plant out until its done freezing, it will toughen up after it gets established.
Eucalyptus Polyanthemos
A tender perennial that that loves the summer heat. These guys can also be treated as an annual and harvest late summer until a hard freeze in the fall or winter. Here we are in zone 8b and they will winter over but need protection. Mulch, frost cloth, you name it. It does fine most of the winter, but we tend to get a couple cold snaps for short periods of time during the winter where it dips into the twenties and colder. Protect, protect and protect. If you have them in a pot. Move them in during those periods. Eucalyptus have a tap root and really don’t like to be transplanted, but if your going to attempt it dig deep. You have to get below the tap root or they will die. No netting or staking is necessary. These guys will also get bushier if you give it a pinch. Seedlings are tending so, don’t plant out until its done freezing, it will toughen up after it gets established.
Eucalyptus Polyanthemos
A tender perennial that that loves the summer heat. These guys can also be treated as an annual and harvest late summer until a hard freeze in the fall or winter. Here we are in zone 8b and they will winter over but need protection. Mulch, frost cloth, you name it. It does fine most of the winter, but we tend to get a couple cold snaps for short periods of time during the winter where it dips into the twenties and colder. Protect, protect and protect. If you have them in a pot. Move them in during those periods. Eucalyptus have a tap root and really don’t like to be transplanted, but if your going to attempt it dig deep. You have to get below the tap root or they will die. No netting or staking is necessary. These guys will also get bushier if you give it a pinch. Seedlings are tending so, don’t plant out until its done freezing, it will toughen up after it gets established.
What are you getting:
One plant in a 3-inch pot. Please open box right away and remove all inside wrapping and protective sleeve. Inspect plants immediately and contact me within 7 days if there are any problems. Give it a nice drink of water.
Continue to harden off and decompress after travels in its container for a couple of days before planting out. They have had lots of outside exposure with me, but traveling is stressful.
Not responsible for death of plant after arrival. Plants are a living entity and are susceptible to neglect, over watering, underwatering, disease, slugs, critters and other potential diseases.
Please feel free to head on over to the Farmer Bailey website and look at their growing guides. There is a wealth of information in his growing guides and blog areas.
When plugs arrived to me they were immediately potted into their 3 inch pots and treated with a mycorrhizal root booster to promote a strong root system