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Monkey Puzzle Tree 80-100cm tall excluding Pot. 15 Litre.

Monkey Puzzle Tree 80-100cm tall excluding Pot. 15 Litre.

£99.95
Monkey Puzzle Tree 10 Litre 70-80cm Tall excluding pot - May 2016
Monkey Puzzle Tree 10 Litre 70-80cm Tall excluding pot - May 2016 Monkey Puzzle Tree 10 Litre 70-80cm Tall excluding pot - May 2016 Monkey Puzzle Tree 10 Litre 70-80cm Tall excluding pot - May 2016
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Quick Overview

Araucaria Araucana Monkey Puzzle Tree, delivered with actual plant size of approximately 80-100cm, planted in a large 15 litre/32cm pot. Height at maturity upto 12 metres plus width a spread of 8 metres, for best results plant in full sun.

Plant Size (cm)
Plant Size (cm)
81cm - 100cm
Pot Size - Litre
Pot Size - Litre
Various Options
Anticipated Height
Anticipated Height
80-100cm ex pot
Toleration
Toleration
-20
Growth Speed
Growth Speed
Slow
Evergreen?
Evergreen?
Yes
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Monkey Puzzle Tree Araucaria Araucana 10 Litre: 80-100cm tall inc pot. Araucaria are highly decorative evergreen trees from the Southern Hemisphere, with whorled branches bearing spirally arranged leaves that are needle-like, triangular or scale-like, they are extremely sharp, so take care when opening the box! Mature Monkey Puzzle trees can bear cones on upper branches.

What to Expect: These are well established very healthy plants planted in a large 15 Litre/33 cm pot. They stand at approximately 80-100 cm tall excluding the pot, whilst no two of these plants are exactly the same, your purchase will look similar to the pictures.

Although Monkey Puzzle Trees are not particularly fast growing 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 types 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

This plant has no special requirements apart from water & sunshine.