Araucaria araucana Hedging Native to the Mediterranean

Native to the Mediterranean

**Advisory: Although wildly popular with designers

Grows up to 12m tall

yellow flowers in June

Develops an attractive

Araucaria araucana Hedging Native to the MediterraneanEvergreen. A unique, prehistoric looking tree with long spidery, branches armour plated with spines. Curious pineapple sized cones are produced in the highest branches when mature. Extremely slow growing (perhaps 1 2 inches per year!) so although ultimately a very large tree, Araucaria can be considered as a small tree for most practical purposes. Introduced to this country in 1795, the peculiar Araucaria became very fashionable in the Victorian age,