Rainbow Tree ( Eucalyptus deglupta)

E deglupta as an ornamental trees with striking multi colored bark

The tree will never be the same color pattern twice, making it a work of living art

Unlike other members of the genus , rainbow eucalyptus hails from the Phillipine Island, spesifically, the island of Mindanao, which is why the tree is also referred to as a Mindanao gum.  E deglupta was introduced to the Hawaiiwan Island in 1929.  In fact, many people have their first experience with these trees while visiting Hawaii.

Bautiful Bark
The trees gets its common name from the striking stripes of color on its trunks and limbs.  While they look as though they were painted on, these ever changing colors are an entirely natural feature
The bark is smooth and vibrantly alive, and as it grows, it exfoliates thin layers of spent tissues.  Thiss process occurs in irregular zones at different times.  Once the layers come off, they reveal new and fresh green bark.  As the newly exposed bark slowly ages, it changes from bright green to a darker green, then bluish to purplish and then pink-orange.  Finally, the color becomes a brownish moroon right before exfoliation occurs.  Since this process is happening in different zones of the trunk and in different stages, simultaneously, the color are varied and almost constantly changing as a result, the tree will neber have the same color pattern twice, making it like a work of living art.  From : LariAnn Garner a researcher botanist at Aroidia Florida City, FL(aroidian@att,net)...covering the landscape.  Ornamental outlook. September 2006