Eucalyptus nicholii 1

[Rory]

Eucalyptus nicholii 1

This was purchased as a $5 starter seedling from Erina Wildflower Nursery in 2020

Personally I think Eucalyptus is not a great genus for shohin. I think they look best as a larger tree.
Each to their own though. This species is very thirsty, and you do not want to let them dry out.
It thrives in a faster drainage medium, and loves full sun as long as the medium doesn't get dry.
The species tolerates a heavy root removal and is a lovely choice of material to work with.

I plan on growing this as a multi-stemmed clump.

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10Jan2022

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18Jan2023

[GavinG]

Most Eucs won't make good shohin, due to leaf size, but E. crenulata, E. bridgesiana and E. cinerea have smaller leave to start with (and all beautifully blue-green!). They may not like the warm humid coastal areas, that's to find out. They grow strongly in Canberra and Melbourne.

Gavin

[Rory]

Placed into a Pat Kennedy bonsai pot (Australia).

Once these guys are in full sun, Myrtle Rust has almost no noticeable effect on them. Its only when you heavily reduce the foliage in a non-growing period that its dangerous with myrtle rust.

This guy is powering on, and I'm looking forward to having this as a mutli trunk Euc develop.

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17Nov2023