Flowering Gums
In Don's opinion, 'Summer Beauty' and 'Summer Red' are the best flowering gum trees ever released. These plants were specially bred for the home garden. They are hybrids between the West Australian red-flowering gum Eucalyptus ficifolia and the ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Scribbly Gum
Scribbly gums (Eucalyptus haemastoma) are spectacular Australian trees with smooth, whitish yellow bark. The bark has a prominent feature which was written about in Snuggle Pot & Cuddlepie - strange looking 'scribbles' resembling some form of ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Eucalyptus
Eucalypts offer a tremendous variety in size from huge 90m forest type to the widely spreading shady variety and to the small multi-stemmed mallees and small shrubs. Variations in colour of flowers, size and shape of fruits, foliage type and ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Lightning Struck Gum
Don looked at a gum tree (Eucalyptus nicholii) that was struck by lightning three weeks ago. The side of the tree that was struck is now completely dead, with a scar of exposed red brown bark from top to bottom. All the electrical equipment in an ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
An Introduction to the Eucalypts
An Introduction to the Eucalypts - the genera Eucalyptus, Corymbia and Angophora. This page serves as a link page to information prepared by staff at the Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research on the eucalypts. The term eucalypt can be considered ... [... more]
Australian National Botanic Gardens |
Eucalyptus leucoxylon ssp.megalocarpa
Our native gum trees are an essential part of Australian life, particularly for wildlife. While many are too large to consider planting in the average garden some are of a small to medium size and offer attractive and colourful flowers as ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Eucalypts for Cold Climates
Information about the cultivation of eucalypts in cold climates, especially northern hemisphere. There are some 800 species of Eucalyptus. The majority of these occur naturally in Australia with only a few species extending naturally into parts ... [... more]
Australian National Botanic Gardens |
HortNews - Trees Die In Thousands In Marlborough Drought
Thousands of trees are dying in Marlborough as the region struggles with drought. BLENHEIM 15/2/2001 - Thousands of trees are dying in Marlborough as the region struggles with drought. Local resident Roger Randall said 10,000 eucalyptus orata ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Wool Mix: The French Alternative
If you use Jackie's wool mix recipe and follow her tips, your winter woollies will smell of sunlight and soap with just a dash of eucalyptus. Dissolve 2 tablespoons of Jackie's wool mix in a bucket of hot water. Wash woollies gently by hand, then ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Tree in pavement
Some plants just drop dead and die and there are others that display an amazing persistence to survive and flourish in the most unusual places. One such tree is a River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) which is growing out from a little crack ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Lorikeets Feeding on the Road
Don was interested to see rainbow lorikeets picking at something on the road. He soon realised that these clever little birds were eating the seed from capsules of Eucalyptus gummifera, the red bloodwood. The gumnuts had fallen on the road, and ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Gymnopilus pampeanus (Speg.) Singer Lilloa 22: 561 (1951)
Description and distribution map for Gymnopilus pampeanus in Australia. Cortina high on the stem. With age, this becomes a few fibres dusted with rusty spores. Densely caespitose (growing in dense clumps) at the bases of pine and Eucalyptus ... [... more]
Fungimap |
