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The cottages were old, with small windows and in front of the last cottage sat a monkey puzzle tree.

Possible etymologies include that the bread resembles the monkey puzzle tree.

The grounds also house a mature Monkey Puzzle tree.

There are many rose plantations, and some outstanding trees, including a Monkey Puzzle tree.

It stood out from the main cemetery through its railed enclosure and planting, including monkey puzzle trees.

Throw a few Monkey Puzzle trees at them till they relent and pay the rent.

He unloaded the carryall on the grass beneath a monkey puzzle tree that grew near the fence.

To the east the gardens include some excellent mature examples of monkey puzzle trees (Araucaria araucana).

Many of the works include two familiar suburban symbols: the monkey puzzle tree and the Torbay Palm.

And the Monkey Puzzle tree.

Strange things, monkey puzzle trees.'

Plans were also announced to erect a plaque to commemorate Jones next to a Monkey Puzzle tree on the course.

Its central garden features enormous monkey puzzle trees, art gallerys, an agora, workshops, an auditorium and a café.

It is a favorite subject for photographers, in part because of the wonderful woodland setting with rare mosses and fantastic Monkey Puzzle trees.

It was there, in 1958, that Mrs. Hill first began planting seeds - including those of camellias, azaleas and something called the monkey puzzle tree.

Monkey puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana)

Monkey puzzle trees and cypresses deformed by the wind provide sculptural punctuation to the compact houses, which are tucked deftly into their sites.

Eden opens new Chilean conservation garden, complete with Monkey Puzzle trees, bamboo and Fuschias.

He then developed the estate's Park Wood, making use-like many Victorians of the time-of exotic species including monkey puzzle trees.

I was transfixed by a monkey puzzle tree, about 18 inches tall, which held its dark green spiky-needled branches high, like outstretched arms, over a weathered rock.

It is also known as Los Paraguas (The Umbrellas), due to the shape of the Monkey Puzzle trees.

Examples include the monkey puzzle tree, the Japanese Maple, and various flowering exotics, such as magnolias, azaleas, and rhododendrons.

Past a stand of large Monkey Puzzle trees and further on to the old Lower Plenty Road iron bridge, built on bluestone supports.

Araucaria araucana(Monkey Puzzle Tree)

The Finicky Monkey Puzzle Q. Our school bought a monkey puzzle tree three years ago.

To the east the gardens include some excellent mature examples of monkey puzzle trees (Araucaria araucana).

At higher elevations, forests are dominated by the Araucarias (Araucaria araucana).

Oxycraspedus utilizes the cones of the Monkey-puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana).

Monkey puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana)

A. The monkey puzzle (Araucaria araucana) prefers moist soil and cool, even temperatures, high humidity and plenty of air circulation.

Their name derives from their habit of harvesting of piñones, the seeds of the Araucaria araucana or pehuén.

The genus is familiar to many people as the genus of the distinctive Chilean pine or monkey-puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana).

Finally, in 1873, after several further redescriptions, Koch published the combination Araucaria araucana, validating Molina's name in the genus.

It belongs to the same genus as the monkey puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana) and is commonly referred to as the "false monkey puzzle".

The only existing species of Araucaria in South America today are Araucaria angustifolia and Araucaria araucana.

At 5,250 feet, he reached his destination where the sought-after Araucaria araucana was growing on the exposed ridges below the snow-capped volcanic peaks of the southern Andes.

In 1795, Menzies was served the seeds of the Chile Pine, Araucaria araucana as a dessert while dining with the governor of Chile.

The c. 140 million year-old trees bear similarities with modern day Cypress (Cupressus), with foliage having the characteristics of a 'Monkey Puzzle' (Araucaria araucana).

But you might be inspired to plant a monkey puzzle tree, also called Chilean pine, Araucaria araucana, whose whorls of stiff triangular needles need protection from the sun and wind.

In addition Elwes undertook numerous journeys abroad to study the trees in the wild, even visiting Chile to see Monkey Puzzle trees (Araucaria araucana).

At least three tree species found in the reserve are listed by CITES as threatened, namely Fitzroya cupressoides, Araucaria araucana and Pilgerodendron uviferum.

Other plants of interest include Araucaria araucana, Aucuba japonica, Davidia involucrata, Equisetum sp., Lagerstroemia indica, Magnolia grandiflora, Nandina domestica, and Poncirus trifoliata.

One of the most striking forest trees is the pehuén or Chilean pine (Araucaria araucana), which often grows to a height of 100 ft. and is prized by the natives for its fruit.

These fossils, which date to about 51.5-49.5 Ma, are dominated by leaves, cone scales, and leafy branches of araucarian conifers, very similar in all respects to living Araucaria araucana (monkey puzzle) from Chile.

The third forest type is the Patagonian Andean forests, which are distributed at higher elevations along the Andes mountain front, and are dominated by evergreen conifers, including the pehuén or monkey-puzzle (Araucaria araucana) and the alerce (Fitzroya cupressoides).

Established in the 1930s to monitor the success of a variety of exotic tree species in the humid west coast environment, it includes specimens of Sequoia, Japanese Larch, Araucaria araucana (monkey puzzle) and Japanese Chestnut amongst many others from around the world.

James Veitch's instructions to Lobb included a request to locate and bring back seeds of the "Chile pine" (more popularly known as the Monkey-Puzzle Tree) (Araucaria araucana) which had originally been introduced to Britain by Archibald Menzies in 1795.