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Morning folks.

Next cab off the rank is this E. meliodora (Yellow Box) which was 1 of 4 Eucs picked up from a local native/indigenous nursery in June of 2005. They were all going very cheap ($1 each) as the nursery folk had deemed them 'below par' for one reason or another. In the case of this particular tree, I suspect that it was rejected because it did not have the long, straight trunk that one might expect from a tree of its age (probably 2-3 years old). It was also terribly root-bound and dry with not a new leaf in sight, and all the mature leaves had the look of distress. As mentioned above in the 'Material' section, this is exactly the sort of Euc that I look for.

The 1st pic (apologies again) shows the Yellow Box after it was root-pruned (as above in 'Root-Pruning and Repotting') and placed into a 6" nursery pot. You can see exactly how little foliage was left intact. The tree was initially cut down by about 50% of its height, and since this pic was taken, I reduced the tall trunk by another 25mm or so, leaving the overall height at about 200mm (4"). The base of the trunk was already a good 30mm thick.

The 2nd pic shows it as it was on New Year's Day... It's not really my fault that you cannot see what is going in the tree's interior - the thing has just put on so much growth in 6 months. Many of the new branches are already 5-6mm (¼") thick.

Thanks.

FlyBri.