Prehistoric trees like Ginkgo and monkey-puzzles still have close relatives that go back at least to the time of the ...

What: Araucaria araucana is a distinctive South American conifer commonly known as a monkey puzzle tree. It has widely spaced branches that extend horizontally from the trunk and then arch upwards ...

The ancient monkey puzzle tree has distinctive spiny leaves and intricate scaly branches. Its unusual features, scientists believe, evolved as a defense against towering, long-necked dinosaurs.

Should we really be planting Monkey Puzzle Trees at the University? This is the kind of question that I carry with me on my morning walks and sometimes even bring to bed at night. Almost two years ago ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Depending on your point of view, the national tree of Chile has a ...

This project celebrates the unusual character of Monkey Puzzle, a wood that reveals swirling patterns and round inclusions as the tools cut into it. Each pass of the lathe uncovers new details, with ...

The majority of plants that qualify as horticultural oddities are modest in size: many can dwell happily on windowsills. Among notable exceptions is monkey puzzle tree, aka devil’s tree. Up to 80 feet ...

In the days after Hurricane Irma, I found myself preoccupied with old buildings and trees. After I’d gotten the update on the Edison & Ford Winter Estates, my thoughts turned next to the Koreshan ...

This Gardening News column is from the online archives of The Star of North Augusta, a collection of more than 25,000 articles published from October 2007 to February 2022. Last month I wrote about ...

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