[quote=scaredyclassic]Why are eucalyptus so bad? Sure branches break and they she’d mulch and leaves like crazy but if you have room and they’re out of the way what’s the problem?[/quote]

Eucalyptus are very pretty, but have issues. They explode, literally, in a fire. So if you’re on a canyon, there’s a chance that the fire marshall may request you remove them.

Our street used to be more tree lined. Unfortunately, many of the trees’ roots got into the sewer pipes – and folks have been having to replace the sewer line that hooks into the main sewer. The other issue is that some of the pine trees actually cracked driveways and home slabs. We are in the middle of replacing our driveway because it was cracked from a tree that used to be in our front yard. (Tree was removed by my dad, the previous owner, when the cracks spread from the driveway to the garage slab!) We’re putting in pavers so we’ll have less of an issue with tree root cracks, going forward. Our neighborhood is 50 years old – so the remaining trees are very large and majestic. But most folks have replaced the big trees (that caused problems with cracked driveways, sidewalks, and sewers) with palm trees.