When we were dating, Chuck bought me a little eucalyptus plant at the Whole Foods in Winston-Salem. I put it in the ground and it did well for about a year. Maybe 2. Then, there was a big freeze and it died.

I feel bad when I bring a plant to my house and it dies. I mean, it happens. I’m probably at a 60% sucess rate. Some things you can’t kill (crocosmia) and some things I have tried multiple times before finally giving up. (Fuchsias and bougainvilleas) So, I gave up on eucalyptus……for a while.

Saturday, we were at the farmers’ market and our favorite farmer had bitty eucalyptus plants and I decided to try one in a pot that I can bring in during cold weather.

I really hope it likes the pot and that it eventually blooms. Eucalytus make bizarre flowers.

If the trunk ever get thick, it may become a bonsai. Or, if it stays healthy this way, I may just leave it tf alone.