Re: Araucaria

Jane Stanley wrote:
> 
> Araucaria araucana, the Monkey Puzzle,  is a fairly popular tree in
> Ireland...young trees are sometimes seen growing in small borders right
> outside the sitting room windows of fairly new houses in towns. Not a long
> term prospect!

Hi Jane,

Your post reminded me of the house I was brought up in, in Birmingham
England in the 1930's. It was a road of quite large oldish houses, with
small front yards between house and footpath. Our own house had a row of
holly trees across the front of the double section (it was - still is -
a semi-detached house, what I think our American friends call a duplex
(have I got that correct, anyone?). The house next door had a monkey
puzzle tree in the small front yard, tucked into the narrow space, and
almost overhanging the wall on our side.

I would say that they are emphatically NOT a suitable tree for this kind
of situation!! OK perhaps where they can have plenty of space around
them so that people need not come in contact with that appallingly
prickly foliage.

Tony
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand
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