Eucalyptus Gum Trees ( Archived) (24)

platosha: There are many eucalyptus trees in South Africa too.. people don't like them much as well as nothing grows near them.. but people can control them. Eucalyptus oil is very healthy and used as medicine for coughing treatments and others... Black wattle trees also consider as a weed here, it's taking over the indigenous, grows very quickly, and nothing grows under it.. even though I like them for their beautiful yellow flowers:)
If you don't like them and have one on your property- just cut it down, no problem:)

stephenbadger: l hate them, ggrrr ...introduced to New Zealand from Australia by settlers as big tall windbreak trees on farms & orchards ...known here as the "dead man gum" because of their habit of silently shedding branches in calm weather conditions ...grow too fast in our sub-tropical climate, up to 4 storeys plus high ...spread like weeds from seeds ...oil in the leaves kill everything on the ground & the leaves/twigs block drains ...destroy buildings/homes with their falling branches during bad weather events.

Mining companies have reforested 100s of 1,000s of acres of destroyed rain-forest in South America to make themselves look "green" ...when the truth is the evil scum-bags intend to mill them for profit in the future.

The plantations of eucalyptus gum trees turn the verdant, live moist nutrient rich jungle humus topsoil into dead hard land within 30 years of planting & are impossible to get rid of because of the seeds.

Greedy morons propagate the fast growing eucalyptus gum tree all over the planet ...it's always about the money, ggrrr

pat8lanips: Other people have our weeds, and we have theirs. Australia being mostly very dry and low in plant available phosphorous, evolution has made our plants pretty tough. A weed is just a plant in the wrong place. The OP's gum trees were deliberately planted and tended, so technically they're exotic plants not weeds.