hi Fly, thanks for the great article, my first tree was an eucalyptus gunnii? that was planted right against the house as a food source for my mackays spectre stick insects (queensland natives i believe) that i kept as a boy. Once the stick insects where gone the tree very soon got out of hand but i was still a bit disapointed when eventually it succumbed to my mum and dads attempt to kill it. since then i briefly tried a e. gunnii bonsai forest around 1995 which was a lot easier to kill! anyway, thanks to your article i,ve been looking again at growing eucalyptus as bonsai. it turns out there is a large nursery specialising in hardy types for northern european climates about 20 minutes from my home in north wales. check it out if you have time;
http://www.eucalyptus.co.uk . some of their field grown mature trees grown in root control bags look promising, however my experience with other species grown in this way is the incredibly dense rootball, do you think a eucalyptus would ever take a savage reduction and if so what type would be best. anyway thanks again and happy growing, andrew