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9th May 2007, 08:31 AM
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| I'm new here so be nice Join Date: May 2007
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|  Mimosa Tree hI THERE , I have bought what I thought is a mimosa tree. If you look at it quickly it resembles a monkey puzzle tree! Its about 50cms tall,  40 WIDE My question is where shall I plant it? Soil type - position - medium etc. I am struggling to find any info in books or on the net. Thank you. Charmaine. |
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9th May 2007, 01:25 PM
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| Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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| Can you load some pics up, there's quite a difference between the two trees, cant see how a nursery etc would mix that up. 
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9th May 2007, 01:45 PM
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| PDF King & Arborist Extrodinaire  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland
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| Quessing from your user name that you're in the UK, so if your mystery tree is Araucaria araucana here's some info....monkey puzzle tree will grow quite well for you (provided you are not located somewhere really extreme!) What it requires; Full sun to part shade Prefers well drained loamy soil, but will tolerate a range from slighty acidic heavy clays to slightly alkaline chalky soils Can grow to 20m tall by 9m wide in really ideal conditions, but it is slow growing and you would expect to see in your life time perhaps 5m tall by 2m wide (very dependant on local conditions) Is a very tough robust plant with an open habit, permitting its placement at the front of a border or out in front of a border as a feature plant, still allowing you to enjoy the plants behind. Interestingly there were seeds of this species brought to the UK as early as the 1800's and there are some impressive specimens if you have the chance visit the Monkey Puzzle avenues at Castle Kennedy Gardens, Dumfries and Galloway, and Bicton Gardens, Devon. There is also a good specimen in the Queens cottage garden area at Kew near the Larch pond. Hope this is helpful, enjoy your tree...oh yes remember in choosing the location the foliage of this tree is sharp and spiky so if you have small kids maybe away from pathways.
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16th May 2007, 02:35 PM
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| Over mature heritage tree  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oregon
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| If you looked up the names on the internet, its a surprise that you did not find information. Those are two very popular trees. Typing in the name of one of them alone - the monkey puzzle tree - reams and reams of web pages displayed. |
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18th May 2007, 02:28 AM
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| I'm new here so be nice Join Date: May 2007
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18th May 2007, 04:42 PM
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| PDF King & Arborist Extrodinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland
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| Well its certainly not any form of Araucaria I recognise, so disregard my post on Monkey puzzle. It also doesn't look like an Albizia spp which are often called Mimosa, so I'm somewhat stumped darned common names are not helpful at all!!
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