{"id":5146,"date":"2009-10-22T03:08:52","date_gmt":"2009-10-22T10:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5146"},"modified":"2009-10-22T03:08:52","modified_gmt":"2009-10-22T10:08:52","slug":"eucalyptus-trees-in-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/tips\/eucalyptus-trees-in-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"Eucalyptus Trees in Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2490\/4011912468_5afb3fcede.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Eucalyptus or Gum Trees are fast growing shrubs and trees best noted for their  attractive scented leaves and stems. They tolerate a variety of soils preferring a deep loam. The leaves on this young tree are still coin shaped but will develop as the tree matures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gardeners Tips<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> You can grow Eucalyptus as a short lived shrub and do not need to let it grow to full height. Dig it out when it gets mis-shapen.<\/li>\n<li> Plant in spring so roots can develop in the warmer soil but they are surprisingly hardy for trees from Australasia.<\/li>\n<li> Plant near a Cotinus or a red Acer for contrasting colours.<\/li>\n<li>There are 20 varieties of  Eucalyptus seed available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jungleseeds.co.uk\/SeedOrders\/index1.html\">Jungle Seeds<\/a><\/li>\n<li> See Australian trees including Eucalyptus Snow Gums at Marks Hall garden and arboretum  Coggeshall, where 200 Eucalyptus trees have been planted and &#8216;on warm days the oil aroma provides a heady scent&#8217;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eucalyptus or Gum Trees are fast growing shrubs and trees best noted for their attractive scented leaves and stems. They tolerate a variety of soils preferring a deep loam. The leaves on this young tree are still coin shaped but will develop as the tree matures. Gardeners Tips You can grow Eucalyptus as a short lived shrub and do not need to let it grow to full height. Dig it out when it gets mis-shapen. Plant in spring so roots&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/tips\/eucalyptus-trees-in-britain\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trees-and-shrubs","category-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}