Cheap and cheerful

Terry · Post by **Terry** » January 7th, 2020, 11:20 am

Picked these up for $5 ea Not sure of exact species

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Raging Bull · Post by **Raging Bull** » January 7th, 2020, 1:53 pm

Love the first one, it has great potential!

Ryceman3 · Post by **Ryceman3** » January 7th, 2020, 4:09 pm

Probably would have paid $15 for the first one so I consider the other 2 as a bonus!

Simonsays · Post by **Simonsays** » January 23rd, 2020, 6:38 am

That first tree amazing, so much potential. Where did you find this bargain?

MJL · Post by **MJL** » January 23rd, 2020, 8:11 am

Yep, those three must make you cheerful indeed. Good pickups Terry’. It will be fun to watch the respective progressions.

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Alex_B · Post by **Alex_B** » January 23rd, 2020, 9:11 am

I love the first tree, that has great potential, very nice pick-ups there Terry.

Terry · Post by **Terry** » April 26th, 2020, 11:10 am

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A quick up date photo on the first tree. It has a lot of potential I think.
The others are growing ok, but are slower to develop new growth.

juan73870 · Post by **juan73870** » April 26th, 2020, 12:00 pm

looks great! did you find out what it is?

Daluke · Post by **Daluke** » April 26th, 2020, 12:36 pm

Is the butcher knife in the background your security setup?

Ryceman3 · Post by **Ryceman3** » April 26th, 2020, 12:47 pm

(@Daluke)

I like this view for the front better Terry, best $5 I’ve seen spent on a tree in a while.

jessepap · Post by **jessepap** » April 26th, 2020, 1:14 pm

Where from?!

Terry · Post by **Terry** » April 26th, 2020, 2:42 pm

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Its still not been identified. It has beautiful mature bark. Maybe someone can help to identify it from these photos.
I’m a retired chef, so there are knives everywhere. This one is for wrangling unruly overgrown roots.
I got the tree from a local nursery in Fern Bay (near Newcastle). They had a few overgrown root bound natives on sale for $5 ea.

juan73870 · Post by **juan73870** » April 26th, 2020, 3:21 pm

possibly maculata (spotted gum) by the looks of the leaves in the last photo? I'm definitely not an expert though, so most likely wrong as there are hundreds of possibilities that it could be......

GavinG · Post by **GavinG** » April 27th, 2020, 4:04 pm

Nice score, particularly no.1. They look Eucy to me - you can possibly try the EUCLID eucalyptus identification site for differential diagnosis. I like the purple tinge on the new shoots.

Gavin

dansai · Post by **dansai** » April 28th, 2020, 6:28 pm

Most likely Angophoras as the leaves are opposite

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