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With their smooth white bark, informal shape, and their distinctive scribbles, Scribbly Gum species are highly sought after for use in gardens, streets, and parks throughout Eastern Australia. Which is the most attractive and reliable?

Good trees provide the foundation that allows you to achieve your aims and objectives. Hear are 5 reasons why you should buy the best trees available.

To achieve tree planting objectives there is a minimum sensible size a tree should be – “The Practical Minimum”.

When you are next driving through an established part of Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle, or any of our other major eastern centres, look around you and note the trees that look to be the healthiest, the bushiest and make the greatest positive contribution to the urban landscape.

It’s not about how many trees you plant as there are benefits in planting fewer trees. Financially and environmentally, it’s about how many trees succeed and get to do their job.

In urban situations the amount of soil trees can access is critical to their long-term success.

The Corymbia “Variegata” being grown by Trees Impact provide an exciting Spotted Gum alternative to the much desired but problematic, Corymbia maculata.

How do you compare different prices for what is, allegedly, “the same sized tree”?  Is pricing based on container size fair?  Is pricing by tree size more fair?

It has been suggested to us by some growers that the standard for trees set by the NATSPEC specification is too high and that trees really don’t need to be that good. Our response to this is…

The difference between thriving trees and disappointing ones often comes down to what you can’t see at planting.

For the trees we commonly grow, there is a wealth of information available which can provide estimates of mature height and, maybe, spread; but rarely is information offered about expected trunk diameter.

Thinking long-term at planting helps trees – and the spaces around them – thrive together.