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  1. 20th October 2014, 04:41 PM #1
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    Default Qld Ebony is this an understory tree?

    I have an Ebony tree in my Sydney back yard.
    It was given to me about 20 years ago and over the last few years has put on a few feet.
    Trouble is a self seeded Silky Oak is close to it with a Christmas bush on the other side.
    Both are taller and crowding it.
    I have no probs in taking out the Silky Oak and trimming back the Xmas bush.
    Does anyone out there know if the Ebony needs this or will the close company make it go up for the sunlight. (We have an Oz Red Cedar that was in a similar situation with a self seeded Sally wattle and it went for it.)
    Vague on the detail but it may be a MacKay ebony from memory.
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  3. 20th October 2014, 11:06 PM #2
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    I don't think it is an understory tree, TTIT' site has some info and pics here http://www.ttit.id.au/treepages/austebony.htm.
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    Could also be something else altogether - White Bauhinia (Lysiphyllum hookeri) - sometimes known as Qld Ebony. It's not an Ebony at all (Diospyrus species) but that doesn't worry the blokes that started calling it Queensland Ebony

    Compare the pics on my website to your tree to see if it's either of them or something else again - common names don't mean much when you really want to know what it is!

    If it is Australian Ebony (Diospyrus humilis) it will happily grow below many of the native trees out here without competing for their light. On the other hand, White Bauhinia (AKA Queensland Ebony) likes it's own space.
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  5. 24th October 2014, 10:55 PM #4
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    Default Qld Ebony is this an understory tree?

    D. humilis, which grows near me in Brisbane and which could be your tree, is never large, I haven't seen one as big as the one on TTIT's site, but it does grow in pretty dense 'vine forest'.

    They are slow growing by all accounts, so a few feet of growth in a couple of years sounds like your doing something right - I'd be inclined to leave things as they are... Sounds like a nice garden!
    ...I'll just make the other bits smaller.
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