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Eucalyptus pauciflora . Or commonly called Snow gum . This tree was started from seed over ten years ago as part of a batch that was grown for rehabilation of a degraded area . It got left behind because it was a poor specimen .
It was growing for a while in an 8 inch pot and then was put into a garden seive it got smashed a few times in the winds that are prevalent up here in the winter . It probably did it good in the end , character building . I made this pot a while ago and it's slowly been growing into the pot .
The leaves are massive . But who cares it's all about the trunk and in time with ramification I think I can reduce them a fair bit . Snow gums are temperamental and die back easier than other gums that I grow so you have to be careful when pruning and I wouldn't be game to defoliate too much . Cheers Sno

Geez that bark is beautiful. Worth the price of admission. I’ve gotta say, one of my favourite works in progress is in the native comp - a stand of River Gums. They take almost daily care due to the speed of their growth but just fantastic. Thanks for posting Sno and showing such a lovely native and it’s stunning bark.

I agree. That bark is developing really well. I thought it might take longer so That's good to know.
Well done to persevere with this species

I love snow gums. I'm hoping to get my hands on afew this year to start some as well. Are you heading down for the CBS meet this Saturday?

Great work Craig ,Trunk and Bark WOW and the leaf colour is something special. Cheers John.

Thanks MJL , looking forward to seeing your River gums develop , I wish I could grow them up here .

shibui wrote: ↑July 30th, 2019, 7:08 pm I agree. That bark is developing really well. I thought it might take longer so That's good to know.
Well done to persevere with this species

Hi Shibui . This is my better one , I have a few that are in the 'character building ' stage . Sometimes its one step forward two steps back .

Hi Keels . Winter is here . It's hard for me to go away during the ski season so I can't make it thus weekend ,see you in spring .

Thanks John it has quite a few colour changes through out the year . The spring new growth starts out a reddish colour .
Cheers Craig

What’s a snow gum with out snow . We are getting some moisture at the moment this morning it was just a white blob .

I like the tube wiring technique Sno - thought it was a sno snake at first glance.