Eucalyptus tree help!

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I bought this eucalyptus tree from the garden centre in the bargain section around November time.

The tree is obviously dead in places but what do I do with the dead bits? Cut them off? And where? Also how do I encourage new growth?

It's only indoors for the frost season and then back outside he goes!

Pictures might help!!

I’d just chuck it outside now and see what happens in the spring, prune as necessary then.

I bought a reduced, very crispy eucalyptus in the summer. I chopped off all the dead bits, gave it a good watering and it has flourished ever since. I find that they tend to be fast growing and respond well to pruning. I believe that you can cut them very low to encourage them to become bushy.

I'd put it outside now. Mine is outside all year. I have a dwarf variety that I'm pruning into a standard shape and a normal variety that I cut down to a few inches above the ground every February. The normal one takes off and keeps me stocked in eucalyptus leaves for flower arranging all summer.

Fab thanks for the advise

I'll put it back outside and give it a good pruning in the spring

Where are you located? Is it a round leaf mallee?

Eucalypts do often do that, and I would not prune it hard if you wanted it to grow to its natural shape. They don’t typically like hard pruning. However if you did prune it hard, as PPs said, I expect you would get a lot of low new leaf growth.

They like a light, well drained soil with possibly some sand. They do not like wet feet or the types of fertiliser that UK garden plants like, so if you do not have access to Australian native potting mix or fertiliser, you could try some seaweed solution in early spring.