Monkey puzzle trees, <i>Wollemia</i> and relatives - Growing, Propagation, Identification, Appreciation and more! Sat, 07 Mar 2026 18:43:48 +0000 Sat, 07 Mar 2026 18:43:48 +0000 UBC Botanical Garden Forums https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/forums/araucariaceae.103/ Wed, 04 Jun 2025 03:08:29 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-puzzle-with-male-and-female-cones.105202/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-puzzle-with-male-and-female-cones.105202/ invalid@example.com (vickieg) vickieg 2 Tue, 14 Jan 2025 11:08:02 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-puzzle-browning-south-australia.104988/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-puzzle-browning-south-australia.104988/ invalid@example.com (Citrov) Citrov
Over the last year it has had the browning...

Monkey Puzzle Browning - South Australia]]> Mon, 25 Mar 2024 00:59:36 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-puzzle-white-sap-and-brown-branches-issue.104209/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-puzzle-white-sap-and-brown-branches-issue.104209/ invalid@example.com (luke edney) luke edney We are looking for some experienced advice. Over the last 6 months our monkey puzzle has had white sap seeping out of it and 3 branches now turning brown.
I can't see any obvious reasons myself but would appreciate anyone who could look over photos and perhaps help with advice.

It has been in a large pot growing well for a few years now.

Thank you very much]]> 5 Sun, 17 Sep 2023 23:10:46 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/araucaria-angustifolia-seeds-canada.94340/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/araucaria-angustifolia-seeds-canada.94340/ invalid@example.com (fromthelake) fromthelake 10 Wed, 12 Jul 2023 21:54:55 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-tree-decline.103469/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-tree-decline.103469/ invalid@example.com (Bocadelkujo) Bocadelkujo 1 Wed, 02 Nov 2022 23:12:04 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-tree.102957/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-tree.102957/ invalid@example.com (123joanne) 123joanne View attachment 237500 View attachment 237501 View attachment 237502 View attachment 237503 Hi my friend has a old monkey tree that has taken a turn for the worst, 3/4 of the tree looks dead some dead branches several dark brown but flexible, top branches are healthy green, several weeping cracks in the truck. Can it be saved? Or should it be taken down?]]> 3 Thu, 25 Aug 2022 19:38:59 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-puzzle-tree.102706/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-puzzle-tree.102706/ invalid@example.com (Wendy straw) Wendy straw 8 Fri, 05 Aug 2022 23:57:53 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-puzzled.102651/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-puzzled.102651/ invalid@example.com (Phil West) Phil West
Monkey Puzzled]]> 3 Tue, 21 Jun 2022 19:47:55 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/propagating-monkey-trees-araucaria-araucana.97990/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/propagating-monkey-trees-araucaria-araucana.97990/ invalid@example.com (SecheltSara) SecheltSara
I received a couple of monkey tree seeds and a cutting by an enthusiastic homeowner who saw my partner admiring her tree - he was taking a picture of it for me. Just the day before I had asked him to keep an eye out for female monkey trees, and he ended up driving right by this one during his workday! She has propagated from seed many times...

Propagating Monkey Trees - Araucaria araucana]]> 4 Thu, 02 Jun 2022 19:59:19 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-puzzle-tree-help.102331/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-puzzle-tree-help.102331/ invalid@example.com (Rory) Rory The tree has been vibrant green with regular new growth at its base for the few years we have lived here until earlier this year when we noticed it starting to yellow.
As many of us experienced, vancouver had a hot hot summer followed by a...

Monkey-puzzle Tree Help]]> 3 Sun, 22 May 2022 21:22:11 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-tree-turning-brown.102327/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-tree-turning-brown.102327/ invalid@example.com (MonkeyTree95) MonkeyTree95
Monkey Tree Turning Brown]]> 1 Fri, 15 Apr 2022 23:18:47 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/help-for-this-monkey-tree.102164/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/help-for-this-monkey-tree.102164/ invalid@example.com (mcsue) mcsue 1 Sun, 10 Apr 2022 21:06:25 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/help-with-wollemi-nobilis-needles-turning-brown.49470/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/help-with-wollemi-nobilis-needles-turning-brown.49470/ invalid@example.com (Maxximus) Maxximus
Help with Wollemi nobilis needles turning brown]]> 6 Wed, 16 Mar 2022 16:16:56 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/araucaria-araucana-best-placement-in-my-scenario.102036/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/araucaria-araucana-best-placement-in-my-scenario.102036/ invalid@example.com (ladis66) ladis66
Unfortunately my country (central europe) is still quite cold in evenings 5C to -4C and 5C to 14 C during the day . Which i guess is too cold for such small/young tree ? So my options until april (when it stop freezing at nights) are:


1. I can keep them in living room under 15w Sensi Grow light. Room temperature is arround 20-24C ....

araucaria araucana - best placement in my scenario]]> 4 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 00:53:12 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/the-strange-case-of-pine-trees-that-always-lean-towards-the-equator.101967/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/the-strange-case-of-pine-trees-that-always-lean-towards-the-equator.101967/ invalid@example.com (wcutler) wcutler Scientists Just Solved The Strange Case of Pine Trees That Always Lean Towards The Equator (sciencealert.com)

This article is about Araucaria columnaris, Cook (or Cook's, or New Caledonia) Pines. I didn't write the article heading. They know they're not pines, but "pine" is undeniably in several of its common names. I still thought the article was interesting.]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2021 06:56:33 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/three-vancouver-monkey-puzzle-trees.40634/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/three-vancouver-monkey-puzzle-trees.40634/ invalid@example.com (wcutler) wcutler Trees of Vancouver, says they were especially popular here in the 1920s and 30s, so maybe they're all from around then. Photos from June 12 and 16 show cones on all of them. The first is a female at Burnaby and Bute Sts in the West End.
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This is a female on West 21st at Columbia
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This male tree at...

Three Vancouver Monkey Puzzle Trees]]> 65 Fri, 29 Oct 2021 00:46:22 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-puzzle-tree-trouble-pics.101581/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-puzzle-tree-trouble-pics.101581/ invalid@example.com (corsierosie) corsierosie 2 Sun, 24 Oct 2021 23:50:22 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/indoor-araucariaceae.101567/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/indoor-araucariaceae.101567/ invalid@example.com (Sky Bedke) Sky Bedke In June I was given a Monkey Puzzle Tree from someone in Oregon. (He had one in his yard, pics below)
My dilemma- I live in Idaho, whereas monkey puzzle trees do not.
I left it to live outside all summer, and it seemed to love the weather we had this year. Temperatures are starting to drop now, and I’ve brought it inside on nights its supposed to get below 25 F.
I plan on keeping it...

Indoor Araucariaceae?]]> 3 Fri, 16 Jul 2021 16:58:57 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-puzzle-help.101059/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-puzzle-help.101059/ invalid@example.com (Sky Bedke) Sky Bedke I am determined to keep it as an indoor plant, (however I believe it will do well outdoors during the summer season here and I will move it outside as needed*.)

I have done some heavy reading about the species, but have not seen much on indoor care or ‘bonsai’ trees so I’m...

Monkey Puzzle help]]> 2 Mon, 07 Jun 2021 21:53:37 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/pollination-of-a-monkey-puzzle.100760/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/pollination-of-a-monkey-puzzle.100760/ invalid@example.com (Larry Johnston) Larry Johnston
Last fall and this spring I found 3 seeds on the ground so I thought I would try again. I have several male cones. The lowest female cone is about twenty feet high. I have tried to get the male cones up to them but haven't found an...

Pollination of a monkey puzzle]]> 4 Fri, 28 May 2021 20:29:10 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-tree-plants-available-in-canada.49661/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-tree-plants-available-in-canada.49661/ invalid@example.com (chibouki) chibouki
I'm new to this forum and I must admit...a bit lost too.
I'd like to buy a monkey tree (seeds, roots or a small plant), but I can't find a nursery selling them in Canada. I found a place in Oregon but they don't ship to Canada anymore due to federal regulations.

Does anybody know nurseries in Canada that dispatch these trees within Canada?
Many thanks

Eli]]> 23 Tue, 18 May 2021 22:39:02 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-puzzle-growing-too-wide-instead-of-up.100544/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-puzzle-growing-too-wide-instead-of-up.100544/ invalid@example.com (Stewart Jephcote) Stewart Jephcote
Monkey puzzle growing too wide instead of up]]> 1 Sun, 14 Mar 2021 23:45:43 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-puzzle-seeds-available-in-toronto.99997/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-puzzle-seeds-available-in-toronto.99997/ invalid@example.com (Roza) Roza Monkey-puzzle seeds available in Toronto?]]> Wed, 10 Mar 2021 23:37:03 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-puzzle-tree-toast.99960/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/monkey-puzzle-tree-toast.99960/ invalid@example.com (Steven Kosmach) Steven Kosmach The monkey puzzel tree in the photo is about 25yr old. It was knee high when I bought it. I live just north of Houston, TX. We had 5 days of below freezing temperatures, but nothing below 10°F. The tree still has some green branches but has mostly turned brown.
any chance the tree will recover?
Thanks!]]> 2 Mon, 08 Mar 2021 05:14:11 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/wollemi-pine-zone-pushing.33175/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/wollemi-pine-zone-pushing.33175/ invalid@example.com (David Peters) David Peters 122