How To Grow and Plant The Monkey Puzzle Tree - Araucaria araucana

No-one is doubting that the Monkey Puzzle Tree is one of the most impressive and architectural trees that you can grow. However, due to the immense sizes these trees can attain the question you should probably be asking is whether you 'should' be growing it rather than 'how' to grow it. A question for another video perhaps, although it covered in this video nonetheless! To continue, if you would like to know how to grow and plant a Monkey Puzzle tree - Araucaria araucana, then English horticulturist Simon goes into some detail.

[NaasVenter-zj]

My monkey puzzle in South Africa is huge, about 20 m high It is one of few in this country and atrackts attention from many. Wonderful tree. 5:17 5:17

[newyorktropicalgarden]

I love my Monkey Puzzle in New York. Beautiful tree

[jessieyork]

Thank you for your advise. I will absolutely be following it. Id never heard of a monkey puzzle until today on a garden channel in the USA.

[dorareyna]

An amazing tree, I never heard of it😮😮❤

[riccosoulman]

Great video.
May I ask what I'm doing wrong my monkey puzzle is still only small like 20 inch tall had it about 8 years why isn't it growing?
It's in full sunlight.
Many thanks

[marcpesa]

Any advice for growing a monkey puzzle trees in a pot in Philly? Plan to put it in the ground when we move but want to make sure it survives the winter here

[blooky]

I simply want these trees as they are almost unchanged since the Mesozoic, so if I grow them and with tree ferns under them with some ginkgoes and various hard ferns I would have a Mesozoic garden.

[lindseykaine-walley]

I've seen one planted in a container in someone's front garden. Which is mid size. Seems to look alright. I would love one, but probably not where I live at the moment. Even though it's a big garden. Happy New Year to you both x

[paulwaters]

Can i control the height by say burying a big pot like a half barrel ? Would that keep it from the 25m height?

[Stephen-gpyi]

I bought a monkey puzzle sapling a few months ago and it’s already nearly a foot tall.im just fascinated by them and know I shouldn’t have bought it but its planted about 40 feet from the house so I will see how it goes!😱

[oscaroscar]

These trees are facinating and are often considered " living fossiles" like sharks and crocadiles, since they were common arond the world in the dinosaur times

[ckennedy]

How do you grow a monkey puzzle tree? A: It's not hard.

[jaimerico]

I was just wondering if I should cut the bottom branches off LOL

[araucariasightings]

Here in San Diego we have very few araucaria bidwillii's around and every single one seems to eventually get cut down by some clown who is scared of the cones. It is very sad. I have not seen araucana here though.

[jamesclayton]

There's more giant redwoods in Britain than California. On that basis it is possible that monkey puzzle trees are the same. Yes I have one .

[dreammaker]

I have a monkey puzzle tree its 4" tall at the moment .
Great advice would be plant in the correct soil, ask me how i kmow 😂😂

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[nikaime]

Does anyone have any good tips on how to transplant a larger (cca 2.5 m tall) araucaria araucana from one spot to another? It has been planted too close to our fence and needs to be moved to a better, roomier place in the garden. We were thinking of wrapping the trunk and branches in burlap or some kind of thicker material to protect our hands (and the tree as well). Has anyone done this? 🌲

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