Saturday, 16 April 2016

Its A Puzzle To Be Sure...





Araucaria araucana or Monkey Puzzle (or Chilean Pine) to be precise.

The Monkey Puzzle Tree at Ness Gardens is probably the biggest and best specimen I have ever seen. For a shot of it in full have a look at this link

While it is quite spectacular in full I find the detail much more interesting with the twisted rope like branches and succulent spiky leaves. I also like the alien seed pods which were only growing on one side of the tree. There is so much going on in this tree.



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