Eucalyptus ptychocarpa

I never know where to post a photo here in OPF. The headings are so ..... Mystical.
Here is is anyway. Just because I haven't posted one for a while.
Mark, leave it alone will you? I'm ok with it the way it is. It's a present to you from me. Xxxxxx


Tom,

This is so wonderful to me like figs, chocolate and a perfect composition, happy wife and lithe muse to boot! I have to see where such a wonder can grow in the USA!

BTW, Does that top door petal of the barrel snap off or just peel back?

Asher

Tom dinning said:

I never know where to post a photo here in OPF. The headings are so ..... Mystical.
Here is is anyway. Just because I haven't posted one for a while.
Mark, leave it alone will you? I'm ok with it the way it is. It's a present to you from me. Xxxxxx

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WoW! , Tom, that looks incredible. I've never seen anything like it. Crazy string-like alien creature. Thanks for sharing it.
Maggie

Sorry, I had a brain burp.
lol
Maggie

Please remove this post.

Maggie, girl, you're O.K.! You just posted a moment after I did!

Doesn't this also have a voodoo look too!

Asher

Asher Kelman said:

Maggie, girl, you're O.K.! You just posted a moment after I did!

Doesn't this also have a voodoo look too!

Asher

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Geez, It really does. Kind of creepy but at the same time fascinating. :-D

Tom dinning said:

I never know where to post a photo here in OPF. The headings are so ..... Mystical.
Here is is anyway. Just because I haven't posted one for a while.
Mark, leave it alone will you? I'm ok with it the way it is. It's a present to you from me. Xxxxxx

Untitled1 by tom.dinning, on Flickr​

Tom,

This is so wonderful to me like figs, chocolate and a perfect composition, happy wife and lithe muse to boot! I have to see where such a wonder can grow in the USA!

BTW, Does that trek door petal snap off or just peel back?

Asher

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lol,

is tom really asher - my word what a thought !

tom / asher thanks for the thought and kisses

Tom, I really like what you've done with this picture! Well done.

Brilliant image Tom.

Asher, Eucalypts generally do extremely well in the U.S 'cos their natural pest species (insects etc.) are absent.
Just be careful which species you choose (600+ to choose from), some will quickly outgrow an urban garden.

Here's a few of my faves (which I've grown) lemon scented gum, spotted gum, Ironbark, scribbly gum, Sydney blue gum.

Do plant one, they will amaze you on many levels.

Andy brown said:

Brilliant image Tom.

Asher, Eucalypts generally do extremely well in the U.S 'cos their natural pest species (insects etc.) are absent.
Just be careful which species you choose (600+ to choose from), some will quickly outgrow an urban garden.

Here's a few of my faves (which I've grown) lemon scented gum, spotted gum, Ironbark, scribbly gum, Sydney blue gum.

Do plant one, they will amaze you on many levels.

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I discovered a place where they sell the seeds even will grow plants for you. Poor guy had his place wrecked by an earthquake and then floods! Are there any that have edible fruit? Do they have any medicinal properties? This seems to be good for general advice on growing them from seeds. I have to find somewhere to plants them where there's room.

These are so handsome, beautiful, exotic and even wizardly!

Asher

Asher

Asher, no edible fruits, just amazing aromas, textures and character.

There are definitely good seed suppliers by mail order, not surea bout quarantine regs.
I imagine there would be specialist suppliers in the states who could give you good advice about the most suitable species.

They're actually very easy to grow. They're vigorous bastards, they throw down a long tap root and if give them deep watering, they will GROW!
My spotted gum and Sydney blue gums grew 4 metres per year for the first few years in the middle of a serious drought.

I must plant myself a salmom gum (eucalyptus salmonaphloia), been meaning to for years. These things have bark which is as sensuous as a young woman's skin. Seriously!

Andy brown said:

Asher, no edible fruits, just amazing aromas, textures and character.

There are definitely good seed suppliers by mail order, not surea bout quarantine regs.
I imagine there would be specialist suppliers in the states who could give you good advice about the most suitable species.

They're actually very easy to grow. They're vigorous bastards, they throw down a long tap root and if give them deep watering, they will GROW!
My spotted gum and Sydney blue gums grew 4 metres per year for the first few years in the middle of a serious drought.

I must plant myself a salmom gum (eucalyptus salmonaphloia), been meaning to for years. These things have bark which is as sensuous as a young woman's skin. Seriously!

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Euc. species have been taken to lots of places around the world. I was quite surprised to see the whole of the Jordon Valley filled with them. Italy has them everywhere as well.

The Top End has its own peculiar species that will not grow anywhere else in Australia. They need the combination of the wet season and the long spell of dry to germinate and grow. We don't have seasons here so they usually flower several times a years. The seeds are easy to germinate and you can buy them from Aus and import them as long as they are from a reputable dealer and have been treated.

My favourites here are the ironwood which cannot be cut with an axe and only grows a few cm a year, and the wooly butt.

The locals use various parts of the plants for medicinal purposes, the seeds can be eaten and they are a source of nectar for the bee keepers. The honey from each Euc is very distinct in flavour.

As garden specimens they are spectacular and you can get small and large varieties. If you plant a Sydney Blue Gum you had beeter have the room but the salmon gum only grows to about 8-12m. Some of the WA types only grow to 3m.


Thats it for the botany lesson.

These are the seed pods from the flowers above. Each pod contains hundreds of seeds.


pty1 by tom.dinning, on Flickr