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Araucaria araucana
Monkey Puzzle Tree
Common Name: Monkey Puzzle TreeLatin Name: Araucaria araucanaSoil: Fertile, well drained. Prefers loamy soil. Position: Full sunHardiness: Fully hardyFlowering period: Females: Autumn. Flowering type: Females: Frown cones/ Males: FlowersEventual height/spread after 20 years: 6m/3mThe Araucaria araucana, which is commonly known as the 'Monkey Puzzle Tree', is a majestic evergreen tree. The long branches are covered in prickly, glossy leaves, which hold all year round. This tree is a fantastic specimen tree for larger gardens as it will add an injection of lush green colour all year round. The 'Monkey Puzzle' is a dioecious tree and so the males produce oval-shaped flowers and the females produce spherical cones. Interestingly, the unusual common name was coined in the 19th century after a man suggested that the distinctive branches would even puzzle a monkey to climb! Although this is a slow-growing tree, it can become quite large; please bear this in mind when planting. This araucaria does not benefit from regular pruning. Trustpilot
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Picea pungens Iseli Fastigiate
Colorado Spruce Iseli Fastigiate
Common Name: Colorado Spruce Iseli FastigiateLatin Name: Picea Pungens 'Iseli Fastigiate'Soil: Prefers rich moist soil. Acid or neutral.Position: Full sun. Flowering period/colour: Non-floweringHardiness: Fully hardy (to below -20°C). Height and spread in 10-20 years: 5m-10m/0.7mSpecial features: Handsome oval spruce. Blue needles maturing to darker blue-green. Rounded, upright blue spruce with branches that grow vertically upward, rather than horizontally outward as in so many other varieties. The whole tree is shaped like a vertically elongated oval, which gives a pleasingly comfortable outline in a border. Young needles are more silver than the greener mature needles so that there is a pattern of developing colour all over the tree. The colour change is very uniform, and again gives a pleasing aspect to the tree when viewed in the distance. This is a mid-sized to tall conifer which will provide a fine backdrop to a border, or take its place as a specimen tree in a larger landscape.
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