Araucaria araucana

The Monkey Puzzle Tree, also called Monkey Tail Tree or Chilean Pine, is the national tree of Chile and is capable of living to over 1,000 years of age. Monkey Puzzle Trees can grow in temperate and subtropical climates to over 100 feet in height with a trunk 3 to 5 feet in diameter. The tree grows slowly, putting on about 12 inches of growth per year and changes form over time: transitioning from sparse, symmetric branches as a juvenile, full branches when it first reaches reproductive maturity, and an umbrella canopy at full maturity.

The Monkey Puzzle Tree is endangered under the IUCN largely due to naturally-occurring and human-caused habitat destruction. The seeds it produces are a staple of indigenous diets in the south-central Andes. This species is dioecious, having both male and female plants that produce cones, although only the female cones produce edible nuts starting around 30 to 40 years of age. Our plants are seed grown and so may either be male or female.

Cold hardy to USDA zone 7 and above, or to 0 degrees Fahrenheit.