Araucaria Araucana Monkey Puzzle Tree 7.5 Litre. 50-55cm tall excluding pot.
Well established 5 year old trees planted in a 7.5 litre pot Highest quality. Exactly as you see in the picture Height excluding of pot approximately 50-55cm
Well established 5 year old trees planted in a 7.5 litre pot Highest quality. Exactly as you see in the picture Height excluding of pot approximately 50-55cm
Araucaria Araucana Monkey Puzzle Tree 7.5 Litre: Araucaria are evergreen trees from the Southern Hemisphere, with whorled branches bearing spirally arranged leaves that are needle-like, triangular or scale-like, and extremely sharp. Araucaria Araucana is a stately evergreen tree with branches clothed in sharply pointed, triangular dark green leaves. Mature plants may bear cones on the upper branches.
What to Expect: Our 7.5 Litre plants are approximately 50-55cm tall excluding the pot.
Monkey Puzzle Trees are not particularly fast growing however once established they will take up lots of space, please keep this in mind when planting, it is best kept away from paths where people might come into contact with the spikes, most importantly when considering a planting position is to put it somewhere where it can be seen and admired.
Planting position: Best suited to a sunny spot but will cope well in a partially shade area
Soil: Best planted in a moist well drained area tolerant to a wide range of soil type’s loam, sand or chalky.
Suitable for Container planting: Will cope in a pot whilst young but will need to be ground planted eventually.
Eventual height and spread: 12 metres with an 8 metre spread, however time to maturity can be more than 50 years
Pruning: No plants should be left to themselves
Growth speed: Relatively slow.
Growth Habit: Upright bushy tree
Flowering period: Not Applicable
Evergreen: Yes. Looks just as good during winter as it does in summertime
Winter Hardy: -20