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Eucalyptus acknowledgements go to...
2007-12-23 16:18:00 (click to enlarge) GRATIAM HABEO, THANK YOU, DOMO ARIGATO, GRACIAS, DANKE, TAKK, DÊKUJI, TAK, MERCI, TACK, DANK U, GRAZIE, GRAZAS, GRACIES, KHAWP KHUN, OBRIGADO, KIITOS, DANKIE, TASHAKKUR,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Eucalyptus as dieback perennials: taking advantage of plant resurrection
2007-12-18 13:16:00 Pictured below, three examples of Eucalyptus growing as ornamental plants in gardens where restrictive winter events lead to aerial part loss and natural regeneration from coppice favours annual... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Resurrection , Plant , Taking , Advanta , Rect
Eucalyptus timber: colour changes too!
2007-12-07 20:57:00 Making charcoal with Eucalyptus "Mahogany"? Shit happens. Gustavo Iglesias Trabado GIT Forestry Consulting - Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal - www.git-forestry.com -... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Colour , Timber
Citizen Labillardiere's Heritage: Recherche Bay and the discovery of Eucaly
2007-12-06 16:50:00 The Footprints of Citizen Labillardière Chronology of the discovery of Eucalyptus globulus Gustavo Iglesias Trabado GIT Forestry Consulting - Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Heritage , Discovery
Ornamental Eucalyptus in Big Containers (II): Colour Changes
2007-12-04 22:31:00 We have seen previously in this EUCALYPTOLOGICS Blog how Eucalyptus can adapt well to different types of cultivation, variable depending on the final desired use (ornamental or timber production... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Colour , Amen
Eucalyptus Acknowledgements go to...
2007-11-27 09:42:00 GRATIAM HABEO, THANK YOU, DOMO ARIGATO, GRACIAS, DANKE, TAKK, DÊKUJI, TAK, MERCI, TACK, DANK U, GRAZIE, GRAZAS, GRACIES, KHAWP KHUN, OBRIGADO, KIITOS, DANKIE... For stopping by and reading our... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
100% Eucalyptus timber built home in Galicia
2007-11-09 18:48:00 100% Galicia n Eucalyptus globulus timber built home, both outdoors and indoors . No concrete, no brick, no metal joints, just Eucalyptus wood. (Click image to enlarge) A new divulgative publication... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Home , Timber
Eucalyptus International: global plants
2007-10-31 08:47:00 We start here a thread depicting Eucalyptus cultivation around the world. Some 200 years after their discovery eucalypts have become some of the most important travelling plants in human history,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: International , Plants , Global
King Regnans: Attenborough's Giant Eucalyptus
2007-10-24 08:21:00 Sir David Attenborough has been travelling the world for the last 50 years to show us the wonders of nature in all its forms. There are so many amazing moments captured in film with him around that choosing just one is a though choice. But this is EUCALYPTOLOGICS, the Eucalyptus Blog, so the natural choice has to be witnessing a Giant among Giants showing us King Regnans. Enjoy the Mountain Ash in its old growth Australian forest habitat! (click to play)King Regnans Giant Eucalyptus video courtesy of BBCOriginally released by 1995, the Peabody Award Winner nature documentary The Private Life of Plants by the BBC is a striking trip around the world to unveil the secrets of plant evolution, adaption and struggle for survival in this ever changing world we all have the priviledge to warden.Attenborough's comments wisely blended with amazing photography and Richard Grassby-Lewis' musical companion make this piece of art a milestone in the divulgation of botany, biogeography, ecology...
Eucalyptus paulistana: The Brazilian Giant
2007-10-23 18:49:00 Navarro de Andrade, the man who planted 24 million Eucalyptus trees... or more.Gustavo Iglesias Trabado GIT Forestry Consulting - Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal - www.git-forestry.com - EUCALYPTOLOGICS(click image to enlarge)"Go, without delay. Leave anything else you have to do. Nothing is more pressing because nothing is more precious for you to do during your trip to São Paulo but visiting the Forestry Station at Rio Claro. Anything else matters little. Here you will find what you cannot see anywhere else. Everything is unheard of, gigantic, majestic... If you want a boost to your pride of being Brazilian , but with a well deserved and fair pride, then go to Rio Claro. And when leaving the place, travel straight to Rio de Janeiro... There is nothing else of interest to see afterwards for whom got to know the wonderful work of a Brazilian whose name so few remember: Navarro de Andrade"Excerpts of correspondence between writers Monteiro Lobato & Celest... More About: Giant
Grandpa, the Giant Eucalyptus... in video
2007-10-18 13:23:00 We have already seen in this blog some images of the Giant Eucalyptus of Spain & Portugal. And while telling the story of these giant eucalypts we had mentioned that among those at Souto da Retorta (Lugo, Spain) tradition marks one of them, O Avó de Chavín (The G randfather), as the main shrine of a magical place.Today we bring you Grandpa and Loreena McKennitt ... in video!Images and movie are courtesy of El Blog de Forestman, yet another Naturalist corner of the Internet cultivated by foresters and a window to watch the inhabitants of the Spanish woods. Bookmark that place.Also to check while here...Eucalyptus: The Giants of Spain & PortugalEucalyptus globulus: Giant Heritage TreesEucalyptus Giants: The Fat Guys at Both Sides of the WorldThe Karri Knight: Tallest Tree in Europe?Eucalyptus: coastal rainforests in Galicia (Spain)© 2007 Gustavo Iglesias Trabado. Please contact us if you want to use all or part of this text and photography elsewhere. We like to share, but w... More About: Video
Eucalyptus from seed: some key concepts
2007-10-14 18:51:00 Growing Eucalyptus from seed: it is in the detailsGustavo Iglesias Trabado GIT Forestry Consulting - Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal - www.git-forestry.com - EUCALYPTOLOGICS(click image to enlarge)Propagating Eucalyptus from seed is easy. But easy and efficient are variable concepts that have to be considered depending on plant production targets. Amenity growing and commercial nursery production share the same basic concepts, but a considerable amount of extra details must be considered in each particular case.The basic idea should always be "each seed matters" no matter at what stage of seedling growing you are. The closer the final results are to this key initial idea, the better. But inbetween the ideal maximum efficiency and total failure many results can be satisfactory from both technical and financial points of view.Today we present you a small sequence of basic stages from Eucalyptus seed sowing to final plant dispatch using one of the simplest meth... More About: Concepts , Seed , Some
Eucalyptus Newsletter nº 11 - by Celso Foelkel
2007-10-11 10:43:00 Eucalyptus Newsletter nº 11 - September 2007by Celso FoelkelSummary of ContentsEucalyptus Online Book Chapter 6 (Portuguese): "Eco-efficiency in managing pulp fiber losses and paper broke generation"Eucalyptus Online Book Chapter 4 (English):"Vessel elements and Eucalyptus pulps" Online Technical ReferencesReferences on Events and CoursesOnline Technical JournalsEuca-LinksEucalyptus Photo GalleryA Field Guide to the Eucalyptus and Plantation Forest TreesThe Friends of the Eucalyptus - Dr. Laercio CoutoTechnical mini-article by Celso Foelkel: Eucalyptus planted forests and water consumption© 2007 Gustavo Iglesias Trabado. Please contact us if you want to use all or part of this text and photography elsewhere. We like to share, but we do not like rudeness.
Eucalyptus in Oregon: Australia in the Pacific Northwest.
2007-10-10 10:15:00 Eucalyptus trials in Oregon Country: Stan & LeeSome early work with Australia n trees in the Pacific Northwest Gustavo Iglesias Trabado GIT Forestry Consulting - Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal - www.git-forestry.comEUCALYPTOLOGICSThe cultivation of Eucalyptus in the Pacific Northwest has had to do with trialling of species for relatively a long time now, sometimes as ornamentals and other times as part of forestry hardwood trials. It is however a relatively recent trend, especially if compared to the very old tradition for the cultivation of Eucalyptus in California.One of the steps in this process of increasing eucalypt growing had to do with the works of an Oregonian forester, keen tree grower and adventurous fan of the Australian trees.Lee O. Hunt (1912?-2002), who would later be President of the Douglas County Small Woodland Association, started methodic experimentation at nursery and field trials with 14 species of Eucalyptus back in 1971, focusing ...
Eucalyptus honey: Galician Bees know
2007-10-04 10:05:00 Approaching a blooming Eucalyptus lets one see Galician honey bees joyfully foraging and crossing the sky in their aerial dances to report all the hive nice food has been found. The heady scent of nectar filled flowers lets you know they cannot be wrong.As a result, Galicia yields high quality organically produced Eucalyptus honey. A delicacy for connoisseurs.MIELES OUTEDAEucalyptus honey from the Rías Baixas, GaliciaMEL DE GALICIAIndicación Xeográfica Protexidawww.mieldegalicia.org© 2007 Gustavo Iglesias Trabado. Please contact us if you want to use all or part of this text and photography elsewhere. We like to share, but we do not like rudeness. More About: Honey , Bees
Eucalyptus honey: Galician Bees know
2007-10-04 10:05:00 Approaching a blooming Eucalyptus lets one see Galician honey bees joyfully foraging and crossing the sky in their aerial dances to report all the hive nice food has been found. The heady scent of nectar filled flowers lets you know they cannot be wrong.As a result, Galicia yields high quality organically produced Eucalyptus honey. A delicacy for connoisseurs.MIELES OUTEDAEucalyptus honey from the Rías Baixas, GaliciaMEL DE GALICIAIndicación Xeográfica Protexidawww.mieldegalicia.org© 2007 Gustavo Iglesias Trabado. Please contact us if you want to use all or part of this text and photography elsewhere. We like to share, but we do not like rudeness. More About: Honey , Bees
Container Grown Ornamental Eucalyptus: add an Australian touch to your gard
2007-09-30 11:07:00 We bring you today yet other four presentation examples of several types of cold hardy ornamental Eucalyptus. Some of these gum trees are specimen plants in big containers suitable for display at garden centres or urban landscaping and requiring special care in this case. Others of these container grown plants are suitable for direct planting into convenient garden designs but requiring appropriate maintenance operations post-planting. (click image to enlarge)Cold tolerance: -15ºC to -20ºCMore information? (click image to enlarge)Cold tolerance: -8ºC to -12ºCMore information? (click image to enlarge)Cold tolerance: -15ºC to -20ºCMore information? (click image to enlarge)Cold tolerance: -8ºC to -12ºCMore information? All these eucalypt types can thrive in USDA Zone 8 and some can tolerate USDA Zone 7 winters in gardens with appropriate microclimates. Most Eucalyptus benefit from full sun exposure and suitable protection from wind damage during their first years... More About: Australian , Touch , Container , Grown , Ornament
Container Grown Ornamental Eucalyptus: add an Australian touch to your gard
2007-09-30 11:07:00 We bring you today yet other four presentation examples of several types of cold hardy ornamental Eucalyptus. Some of these gum trees are specimen plants in big containers suitable for display at garden centres or urban landscaping and requiring special care in this case. Others of these container grown plants are suitable for direct planting into convenient garden designs but requiring appropriate maintenance operations post-planting. (click image to enlarge)Cold tolerance: -15ºC to -20ºCMore information? (click image to enlarge)Cold tolerance: -8ºC to -12ºCMore information? (click image to enlarge)Cold tolerance: -15ºC to -20ºCMore information? (click image to enlarge)Cold tolerance: -8ºC to -12ºCMore information? All these eucalypt types can thrive in USDA Zone 8 and some can tolerate USDA Zone 7 winters in gardens with appropriate microclimates. Most Eucalyptus benefit from full sun exposure and suitable protection from wind damage during their first years... More About: Australian , Touch , Container , Grown , Ornament
Cold hardy Eucalyptus dalrympleana in Galicia (NW Spain)
2007-09-27 17:58:00 Eucalyptus dalrympleana in Galicia (NW Spain ) ... and elsewhere Gustavo Iglesias Trabado GIT Forestry Consulting - Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal - www.git-forestry.comDalrymple who?Back in 1767 a British gentleman named Alexander Dalrymple theorised on the existence of a Terra Australis Incognita to the south of New Guinea, and suggested a route to the Unknown based on the old maps done by Luis Váez de Torres, the Spaniard that a century earlier could have discovered Terra Australis... twice. Three years after the theory Sir Joseph Banks was onboard Captain Cook's Endeavour towards Botany Bay, which would start the practical discovery of Australian flora and soon of a new country for the British Empire. Eucalyptus country.Fig 1: Mountain Gum grove in the Highlands of Galicia (NW Spain)A species distributed accross a large spatial range in Australia, E. dalrympleana was not described until 1920, when Joseph Maiden (later honoured with E. globulus ssp. m... More About: Cold , Hardy
Cold hardy Eucalyptus dalrympleana in Galicia (NW Spain)
2007-09-27 17:58:00 Eucalyptus dalrympleana in Galicia (NW Spain ) ... and elsewhere Gustavo Iglesias Trabado GIT Forestry Consulting - Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal - www.git-forestry.comDalrymple who?Back in 1767 a British gentleman named Alexander Dalrymple theorised on the existence of a Terra Australis Incognita to the south of New Guinea, and suggested a route to the Unknown based on the old maps done by Luis Váez de Torres, the Spaniard that a century earlier could have discovered Terra Australis... twice. Three years after the theory Sir Joseph Banks was onboard Captain Cook's Endeavour towards Botany Bay, which would start the practical discovery of Australian flora and soon of a new country for the British Empire. Eucalyptus country.Fig 1: Mountain Gum grove in the Highlands of Galicia (NW Spain)A species distributed accross a large spatial range in Australia, E. dalrympleana was not described until 1920, when Joseph Maiden (later honoured with E. globulus ssp. m... More About: Cold , Hardy
Eucalyptus: coastal rainforests in Galicia (Spain)
2007-09-07 13:20:00 We have seen earlier in this blog some examples of old growth in the eucalypt belt of Northwestern Spain , specimens representative of a middle stage (1900-1940) in the spread of these Australian trees from botanical rarities growing in plant collections or private gardens (1860-1900) to a major timber crop. The remaining trees of those old days are currently giants, and in some cases, natural monuments.Fig 1: Giant isolated specimen of Eucalyptus globulus growing at sea level near one of the nowadays largest eucalypt forest in Europe.Impressive growth rates achievable in an all year-round warm climate with abundant rainfall and frequent fog soon caught attention of peasants, foresters and timberjacks. As soon as 1913 some authors quote:"It is the first species [E. globulus] which has become more common, be it as isolated specimens, be it forming small groves, or sometimes small forests as the so very beautiful one owned by the intelligent agriculturalist and enthusiastic friend of t... More About: Galicia , Rainforest
Eucalyptus: coastal rainforests in Galicia (Spain)
2007-09-07 13:20:00 We have seen earlier in this blog some examples of old growth in the eucalypt belt of Northwestern Spain , specimens representative of a middle stage (1900-1940) in the spread of these Australian trees from botanical rarities growing in plant collections or private gardens (1860-1900) to a major timber crop. The remaining trees of those old days are currently giants, and in some cases, natural monuments.Fig 1: Giant isolated specimen of Eucalyptus globulus growing at sea level near one of the nowadays largest eucalypt forest in Europe.Impressive growth rates achievable in an all year-round warm climate with abundant rainfall and frequent fog soon caught attention of peasants, foresters and timberjacks. As soon as 1913 some authors quote:"It is the first species [E. globulus] which has become more common, be it as isolated specimens, be it forming small groves, or sometimes small forests as the so very beautiful one owned by the intelligent agriculturalist and enthusiastic friend of t... More About: Galicia , Forests , Rainforest
Ornamental Eucalyptus? You must be kidding!
2007-08-31 14:07:00 Warning: ironies belowAs you well know, Eucalyptus are those little diverse Australian trees, that all become giants, invasive unestoppable weeds, they deplete soil and lower watertables, so aggresive nothing grows under them, so poisonous nothing can grow where they once grew, as much troublegiving as unable to be planted in gardens because their roots spread for a hundred meters and can cause havoc to anything growing in their way. They have nil or low ornamental potential and in addition they are not cold hardy!Fig 1: Example of compact growth in sculpted cold hardy Eucalyptus grown in big containers Fig 2: Example of garden performance for Minilyptus, sculpted for mallee growth habit. Planted in company of red flowering Callistemon and with an understorey of different Hebe cultivars.Fig 3: Example of distinct connate juvenile foliage and flower buds of the Spinning Gum Tree.Fig 4: Example of heavily pruned (pollarded) Eucalyptus gunnii cultivated from a potted specimen and pla... More About: Kidding , Ornament , Amen
Ornamental Eucalyptus? You must be kidding!
2007-08-31 14:07:00 Warning: ironies belowAs you well know, Eucalyptus are those little diverse Australian trees, that all become giants, invasive unestoppable weeds, they deplete soil and lower watertables, so aggresive nothing grows under them, so poisonous nothing can grow where they once grew, as much troublegiving as unable to be planted in gardens because their roots spread for a hundred meters and can cause havoc to anything growing in their way. They have nil or low ornamental potential and in addition they are not cold hardy!Fig 1: Example of compact growth in sculpted cold hardy Eucalyptus grown in big containers Fig 2: Example of garden performance for Minilyptus, sculpted for mallee growth habit. Planted in company of red flowering Callistemon and with an understorey of different Hebe cultivars.Fig 3: Example of distinct connate juvenile foliage and flower buds of the Spinning Gum Tree.Fig 4: Example of heavily pruned (pollarded) Eucalyptus gunnii cultivated from a potted specimen and pla... More About: Kidding , Ornament , Amen
Pruning ornamental eucalypts: Eucalyptus gunnii example
2007-08-09 19:05:00 Early growth in ornamental eucalypts: Sculpting Eucalyptus gunnii (Follow the links under each figure for full description of each stage)Fig. 1: Standard potted ornamental eucalypt ready to be planted outFig. 2: Early growth during the first year post-plantingFig. 3: First winter growth and spring Eucalyptus pollardingFig. 4: Second year early growth after size control operations (pruning & clipping)Fig. 5: Pollarded & pruned ornamental Eucalyptus 65 weeks after plantingBenefits of combining pollarding, pruning and clipping on ornamental garden Eucalyptus- Size control achieved, important for gardens with limited space (tree size estabilised around 3 m)- Basal branches retained (not discarded by the tree after building up higher crown)- More compact form (noticeable length growth in basal branches)- Balanced aerial part/root system ratio (we minimise windhtrow damage risks)- Fresh Eucalyptus foliage from pruning operations, useful for flower arrangementsKeep an eye on...- New branch... More About: Pruning , Ornament , Xamp , Amen
Pruning ornamental eucalypts: Eucalyptus gunnii example
2007-08-09 19:05:00 Early growth in ornamental eucalypts: Sculpting Eucalyptus gunnii (Follow the links under each figure for full description of each stage)Fig. 1: Standard potted ornamental eucalypt ready to be planted outFig. 2: Early growth during the first year post-plantingFig. 3: First winter growth and spring Eucalyptus pollardingFig. 4: Second year early growth after size control operations (pruning & clipping)Fig. 5: Pollarded & pruned ornamental Eucalyptus 65 weeks after plantingBenefits of combining pollarding, pruning and clipping on ornamental garden Eucalyptus- Size control achieved, important for gardens with limited space (tree size estabilised around 3 m)- Basal branches retained (not discarded by the tree after building up higher crown)- More compact form (noticeable length growth in basal branches)- Balanced aerial part/root system ratio (we minimise windhtrow damage risks)- Fresh Eucalyptus foliage from pruning operations, useful for flower arrangementsKeep an eye on...- New branch... More About: Pruning , Ornament , Xamp , Amen
Eucalyptus flowers: E. macarthurii in bloom
2007-08-08 14:18:00 Phenology of E. macarthurii in Galicia (Northwestern Spain)Bloom ing starts: AugustBlooming ends: OctoberNº simultaneous flower/fruit crops: up to 3Seed maturity after flower bud formation: 18 to 30 monthsSeed maturity after blooming: 12 to 18 monthsThe Eucalyptus of Sir William Maca rthur can reach up to 40 meters height when grown at forestry plantings on good sites, or remain a shorter tree of wider crown and retaining basal branches when grown as isolated specimen (20-30 m).Its quite good cold hardiness, resisting down to -10ºC and more than 80 frost events per year, and its average growth rates, made of it one of the alternative species in Northwestern Spain to E. globulus for inland areas or beyond 500 meters above sea level before the widespread planting of E. nitens.Prolific in flowering, individual blooms are very small sized and difficult to notice. In clusters of seven, they become small white masses, same way as E. pauciflora. But these inflorescences are yet the size o... More About: Flowers
Eucalyptus flowers: E. macarthurii in bloom
2007-08-08 14:18:00 Phenology of E. macarthurii in Galicia (Northwestern Spain)Bloom ing starts: AugustBlooming ends: OctoberNº simultaneous flower/fruit crops: up to 3Seed maturity after flower bud formation: 18 to 30 monthsSeed maturity after blooming: 12 to 18 monthsThe Eucalyptus of Sir William Maca rthur can reach up to 40 meters height when grown at forestry plantings on good sites, or remain a shorter tree of wider crown and retaining basal branches when grown as isolated specimen (20-30 m).Its quite good cold hardiness, resisting down to -10ºC and more than 80 frost events per year, and its average growth rates, made of it one of the alternative species in Northwestern Spain to E. globulus for inland areas or beyond 500 meters above sea level before the widespread planting of E. nitens.Prolific in flowering, individual blooms are very small sized and difficult to notice. In clusters of seven, they become small white masses, same way as E. pauciflora. But these inflorescences are yet the size o... More About: Flowers
Corymbia maculata: an example of ornamental bark in eucalypts
2007-08-03 04:00:00 An interesting eucalypt species from both a timber production perspective but also an ornamental point of view, Corymbia maculata (known as Eucalyptus maculata from 1844 to 1995) sets its flower buds and later its seed capsules in panicles also known as corymbs. Individual flowers and capsules are normally grouped in 3's or 4's, but many times a pair of groups grow from the same point of the branchlet, giving appeareance of groups of 7's. Globose and urn shaped capsules of medium size normally develop in dense clusters where previously medium sized white flowers attract nectar browsing fauna that involuntarily cooperate with this eucalypt for pollination.Urceolate and globose infrutescences of Corymbia maculata (ex Eucalyptus maculata)The spotted gum receives its name for a relatively unusual bark type within eucalypts. "Maculata" literally means "spotted", and that is the appeareance of mature bark, showing patches of grey, brown, white and yellow that give it a ressemblance to ... More About: Ornament , Xamp , Amen
Corymbia maculata: an example of ornamental bark in eucalypts
More articles from this author:2007-08-03 04:00:00 An interesting eucalypt species from both a timber production perspective but also an ornamental point of view, Corymbia maculata (known as Eucalyptus maculata from 1844 to 1995) sets its flower buds and later its seed capsules in panicles also known as corymbs. Individual flowers and capsules are normally grouped in 3's or 4's, but many times a pair of groups grow from the same point of the branchlet, giving appeareance of groups of 7's. Globose and urn shaped capsules of medium size normally develop in dense clusters where previously medium sized white flowers attract nectar browsing fauna that involuntarily cooperate with this eucalypt for pollination.Urceolate and globose infrutescences of Corymbia maculata (ex Eucalyptus maculata)The spotted gum receives its name for a relatively unusual bark type within eucalypts. "Maculata" literally means "spotted", and that is the appeareance of mature bark, showing patches of grey, brown, white and yellow that give it a ressemblance to ... More About: Ornament , Xamp , Amen 1, 2, 3 |
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