Protection from animals

Some protection from browsing animals and rabbits is advisable. Most species are palatable to cattle, sheep and horses. The author is not aware of any cases of poisoning of stock caused by browsing. There is little known damage from squirrels. Do not plant in plastic tree shelters, unless they have many drilled holes, because Eucalypts do not have an over winter resting bud therefore growth can take place whenever it is warm enough and temperature variations inside these shelters can be very large on warm days with frosty nights in early spring or late autumn causing damage to the young buds. Also these extreme temperature variations with high humidity and no ventilation in unvented tree shelters can encourage the disease of botrytis.