Gum Tree Bark Shedding. The large spotted gum tree in my little back yard sheds its bark each year and after ten years of living with it i finally learned a valuable life lesson from it. Eucalyptus is an attractive evergreen tree grown mainly for its foliage and peeling bark.

This bark shedding is called decorticating and is a normal thing to see especially with smooth barked gum trees such as sydney bluegum spotted gum and ribbon gums hence their name like eucalyptus viminalis. Eucalyptus is an attractive evergreen tree grown mainly for its foliage and peeling bark. No this is unheard of you must have a very special tree.
Is it normal for gumtrees to shred bark.
Eucalyptus is an attractive evergreen tree grown mainly for its foliage and peeling bark. No this is unheard of you must have a very special tree. The large spotted gum tree in my little back yard sheds its bark each year and after ten years of living with it i finally learned a valuable life lesson from it. The tiny dots on the leaves appear to be some previous feeding damage by an insect.