by normal garden do you mean suburban garden say around 700 sq/mtrs?

the 'salmonophloia' is a forest tree and by my reckoning not suitable for the average garden as it would need to be app' 40 to 50 meters away from structures and utilities for safety.

and the 'campaspe' not sure i'd want it in my garden either as it grows to around 35 foot.

the rule of thumb with eucalypts is for safety they should be around the max height of the tree + 50% form any structures or overhead utilities, for me after living in rural i would want a 100% margin min'. there is also the duty of care to neighbours and others to consider.

and another rule of thumb small trees for small gardens.

len

Sorry about that, no I'm more interested in how well they perform on the Qld coast and not so much their ultimate size. Basically I'm interested in which ones do well there without any special attention being given to them. I would suspect that some may die out from diseases or the long hot humid spells that come with life on the coast. Some of the ornamental mallees I would think should make nice garden specimens if they could grow in your climate

Richard

I live in Brisbane and I have had some success with E. erythrocorys, E. phonecia and E. leucoxolyn (little euky hybrid). I also have a species which sold as "Summer Scentsation", E. oleacia (I think). They currently range in height from 1.5 - 3 metres. The oldest (phonecia) is about 3 years old. The erythrocorys have all been grown from seed. I did have a ficifolia but it couldn't take the humidity.

As for how well they do on the East coast, so far so good but the summers in Brisbane seem to have been drier than usual. I don't see any hint of any keeling over and the growth rates are still quite strong.

Ian

Thanks for the info. Was erythrocorys a good grower over there? Do you have many Callistemon over there?

Richard