MONKEY PUZZLE TREE --Araucaria araucana-- Size:1 quart round pot but avoid direct sun

but avoid direct sun

pointed leaves with white slashes of variegation

unusual scent

Toxic if eaten

Even the growth and pruning practices differ among this ancient heirloom

MONKEY PUZZLE TREE --Araucaria araucana-- Size:1 quart round pot but avoid direct sunRare and incredible! AKA pionero or Chile pine, a living fossil, growing to 140 ft. in its native range of the Chilean Andes mountains, where it is the national tree. Endangered. The seeds are edible, like a very large pine nut, and the evergreen leaves stay attached over the entire surface of the tree and live up to 24 years each. In summers keep in the shade, allowing no more than 5 hrs of sunlight, highly cold hardy to 4F!