Araucaria Species
(We 'Mail-Order' through-out New Zealand.)
Updated 01-02-2010
The genus Araucaria includes The Monkey Puzzle and Norfolk Pine.
The araucaria forests are essentially sub-tropical, requiring regular rainfall, no dry season and low mean winter temperatures.
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Araucaria angustifolia - Native of southern Brazil. Parana pine. Candelabra pine. Decimated in native habitat through logging. Replacement trees have been planted but not enough to cover the hectares depleted. Seeds are edible for humans as well as foraging animals. This slows up regeneration. Trees are usually dioecious (male & female cones on different trees (occasionally monoecious-male & female cones on same tree). Seeds germinate soon after falling from the parent tree and do not usually retain viability for longer than about six weeks. Seedlings develop long tap-roots and can adapt physiologically to grow in extreme shade. When in a shady situation their growth rate is much reduced. In native habitat seedlings can be killed by fire. When the trees reach 40 cm in diameter they will withstand fire. 6 metres high x 5 metres across at the crown in 10 years growing in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 9. |
| Seedlings | PB | Not available |
Please enquire for price per 10 for Timber or Food Crop planting.
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Araucaria araucana
- Monkey Puzzle, Chile Pine. Native of Chile and S.W. Argentina
on the West slopes of the Andes. This
first photo shows a male and female tree growing together at
Mangatinoka. Frost tender when very young in areas of very severe frosts. Likes moist, loamy to gravely soil. When growing at low altitude needs well drained site. In Araucana's natural habitat most rainfall occurs in the winter when up to 400 cm (4 metres) can fall and much of this is in the form of snow. Where Araucana are growing naturally in high rainfall areas, it is at a high altitude where high summer night temperatures do not occur. Rainfall can be as high as 150 cm to 250 cm annually but the summers are dry. In areas in N.Z. where rain falls in summer and night temperatures are above 16 degrees Celsius - plant with a cool root run or, in the southern hemisphere, on south facing hillside. Trees are dioecious mostly. Occasionally monoecious. Seed is not produced every year-maybe intervals of 3 or 4 years between crops. This is the only Conifer we know that is almost stock proof. i.e. too prickly for any animal to eat - goats may be the exception. Has a very long life. Formal shape. Pyramidal when young. More round topped when mature as can be seen by the crown of this mature female tree. 3 cm seeds are edible. 30 to 50 metres high in its natural habitat. 6.5 metres high x 3 metres wide in 10 years in our nursery/garden. Zone 8. |
| Seedlings (Staked) | PB 12 | 70-80+ cm high | Please enquire |
See our Shelter list for price per 10 for Timber or Food Crop planting.
Araucaria araucana Propagation & Araucaria bidwillii
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Araucaria bidwillii - Bunya-bunya. A native of the coastal regions of Queensland, Australia. The seeds are edible. Prickly foliage. Usually occurs in cool sub-tropical rain forest, on fertile loamy soils, in the Buny mountains of Southern Queensland at an altitude of about 1000 metres. This tree does not become available very often, up to 7 years cropping intervals on individual trees. Seeds edible. A broad, uniformly pyramidal tree. 7 metres high in 10 years. Up to 50 metres tall in favourable climates. Zone 7. |
| Seedlings | 1.5 ltr | 40 cm high | $19.50 |
| Seedlings | 3 ltr | 50 cm high | $21.00 |
See our Shelter list for price per 10 for Timber or Food Crop planting.
Araucaria araucana & bidwillii Propagation
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Araucaria columnaris - Cook Pine. Native to New Caledonia. Very similar too and often confused with Norfolk Island Pine when young. The habit is narrower and less feathery. Far more suitable in its early years for a town seaside garden. Nearly always leans slightly one way. The habit is narrower because the older branches are lost and new epicormic ones develop on the stem and replace them (this occurs in later life). In its native habitat Araucaria columnaris shows maximum growth and abundance at the edge of the sea, forming dense populations on cliffs exposed to the prevailing winds. Can reach 60 metres in natural habit. 4.5 metres high x 2.5 wide in 10 yrs growing in our nursery/garden. Zone 9. |
| Seedlings | 45 ltr ET | 2.3 m high | $80.00 |
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Araucaria cunninghamii - Australian Hoop or Moreton Bay Pine. Native of North east coast of Queensland Australia and New Guinea. Grows between sea-level and 200 m above sea level in Australia and up to 2745 metres in New Guinea. The New Guinea form now known as A. cunninghamii var. papuana. (The New Guinea form was formally known as Araucaria bernieri.) Tolerates average rainfall from 85 cm to 4 metres and temperature range from 11 degrees C to 26 deg. C. We have no trouble here with no need to protect from a minor frost. Juvenile growth very very prickly. As the tree ages the foliage changes and is more pleasant to handle with the trunk gradually peeling off the prickly outer layer to reveal a wonderful shiny copper bark, as shown in 2nd photo. Upright & columnar. 4 metres high x 2 metres wide in 10 years, as this tree at McClaren Falls (Tauranga) shows in 1st photo Zone 9. |
| Seedlings | Not available this season | ||
| Seedlings | Not available this season |
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Araucaria cunninghamii var. glauca - from Monte Cecilia (an old Monastery in Auckland) It is not Araucaria heterophylla but is similar in habit & size for its age. One of the oldest Araucaria in Auckland. During the Symposium this tree was visited during a day tour and the general consensus was that it is a form of Araucaria cunninghamia - a very distinct form with a glaucus bloom on young seedlings. This theory has now been confirmed. A very large tree in time. Zone 9.Female cones forming at pollination time with last years cone developing in lower left corner (background)as shown in 3rd photo. 2nd photo are Male catkins maturing. |
| Seedlings | Not available this season | ||
| Seedlings | Not available this season |
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Araucaria
cunninghamii var.
papuana - Native of
New Guinea. Formerly known as A. bernieri. Occurs
mostly in lower and mid montane forests at altitudes above 1000
metres. In this habitat papuana can reach a height of 60 metres.
| Seedlings | Not available this season |
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Araucaria heterophylla - Norfolk Island Araucaria. Suitable for tub or large garden or as a farm shelter especially on the coast. It is frost tender until about 1.5 m high or it gets adult foliage. However it can be established in marginal areas if frost protection is provided in the early years. Colour is green throughout its life. Extremely salt wind resistant. Growth rate moderate. 60 m high at maturity. The Norfolk Island Araucaria grows on the sides of cliffs as well as on the top areas overlooking the sea on Norfolk Island. It is extremely wind firm and balances its growth according to wind velocity and direction. It is not known to blow over unless on a very wet site. Will grow on all sites and soil conditions well away from the sea and much further south in New Zealand than our locality. A very symmetrical tree of magnificent stature. Many folk admire its towering beauty and "the cross" on the top. 8 metres high x 5 metres wide in 10 years. Zone 9. |
| Seedlings | PB 12 | 1.2 mtrs + high | $30.00 |
Note: The advantage of a Cutting grown tree is the young tree is more frost hardy and salt wind hardy as it is in adult foliage.
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Norfolk Island Pine is a superb tree for coastal shelter belts. Extremely salt wind resistant. When grown in shelter line, maximum height 40 m.
See our Shelter list for price per 10 for Timber or Shelter planting.
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Araucaria hunsteinii - Native of New Guinea. Klinkii Pine. Found in abundant numbers at 700 to 1000 metres above sea level. The tallest tree in the tropics with a maximum height nearing 90 metres in native habitat. Zone 9.
| Seedling | Not available |
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Araucaria laubenfelsii - Native of New Caledonia. In native habitat it occupies rocky slopes in rain forests. May reach a height of 50 metres in native habitat. Foliage is more luxuriant, larger and more beautiful than Araucaria heterophylla. 1.3 metres high x 1.3 metres wide in 5 years in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 9. Not under production. |
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Araucaria luxurians - Native of New Caledonia. Found at altitudes below 200 metres above sea level in a region receiving less than 200 cm of annual rainfall occupying windswept sea cliffs. Is a known timber tree. Not under production.
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