Rainbow Eucalyptus for bonsai?

[Neli]

There is lady that sales them also...and I hear hers are the best...She also has instructions on her blog how to grow them...they need to be very fresh.
I was going to look for the link but you have them already.

 

[jeremy_norbury]

Did anyone ever manage to grow these?

 

[michaelj]

One of my two is doing well. It's now about 15 inches tall and starting to get woody at the base. The other failed. I bought another bazillion seeds and will be growing them in the spring.

 

[Dale Red]

I bought my Eucalyptus deglupta seeds from smartseedstore.com. I have 20 or so growing right now...a very high germanation rate and the sprouted in a few days!

 

[Verbile]

How are everyone's going? Does anyone have any pictures?

 

[just.wing.it]

Yeeeaaahhhhh, man....
Trippy bro!!!

 

[miker]

I saw one of these on eBay last year and after seeing photos, I had to have one. Living in PA without a greenhouse though, I had to wait. I can barely keep a pothos alive inside, dang spider mites.

For those in FL and the Gulf Coast, I would get one, make sure it is healthy and let it experience a night in the upper 30s to around 40F. If that kills it outright, it must be ultratropical, like breadfruit and Red Sealing Wax Palm (Cyrtostachys renda), for example.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

If you are over on IBC forum, Kevin, the Beer City Snake, has a E deglupta that is ready for it's third or fourth Wisconsin summer. If you ask him on IBC, maybe he will post a picture.

 

[Starfox]

Also on ausbonsai there has been some recent postings.

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

Deglupta is one of the easiest trees I have.
Mine isn't ready for showing though, and neither am I.

It spends 6 months a year in the bathroom at 15-20 degrees C in low light conditions. 6 months outdoors in the full sun in central europe. It seems to do just fine.
Just a word of advice for people wanting to get them: pick a slower draining soil or else you'll have to water them 6 times a day.
I used 80% akadama in the last repotting of my 2 year old deglupta and it's just a disaster when it comes to watering.

I'll see if it gets anywhere worth showing this year. But since i've been refining it from the seedling stage (and 6 months of suboptimal conditions) that wont be anytime soon, I guess.

As for the bark; I havent seen the bright colors like in the google pictures, not even in adult trees in the wild.

 

[SuperMarioZZZ]

Any news to share? I just discovered this wonderful tree.

 

[penumbra]

I bought 2 of these fron a seller on Etsy a couple months ago. I think they were about $40 + with shipping and came well packaged planted in one gallon pots. They are about 2 feet tall and have beautiful new leaves with a rosy flush. They will be in a greenhouse this winter.

 

[MadSc13ntist]

So Im a little late to the party but I want to see one also. My Bonsai adventure is just beginning and I already have a list of trees I want to play with besides this one. Anyone also have a Blue Jacaranda bonsai?