Eucalyptus: The Fragrant Tree Of Australia – And So Much More. While attending graduate school at the University of Massachusetts, I fell in love - with a eucalyptus tree living in our class greenhouse.
The graduate students were responsible for watering and caring for the plants in our greenhouse, and we were required to water the eucalyptus heavily; in other words, we would place a hose right into the tree’s growth container and leave it running for a half hour. I was happy to do whatever it took; the tree had lovely, fragrant pale green leaves and stood about 12 feet tall, dominating our small greenhouse. I wanted a eucalyptus tree of my own, but after some research into what species would grow best indoors (and with a little less water!) Database Search. To the best of our knowledge all the information contained herein is accurate and true.
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