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Wind Damage

 Wednesday night's windstorm wreaked havoc in the Ojai Community Demonstration Garden as large branches broke off several eucalyptus trees, damaging other trees and plants as they fell. Photo by Les Dublin.

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Eucalyptus down everywhere. I heard that many were originally planted as a windbreak. Ha!

Can't imagine Eucalyptus as a solid windbreak since their root systems are so shallow, giving them the nickname "widow makers" for their tendency to fall (and sometimes on people). So sorry to hear the garden was damaged.

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