Species Araucaria heterophylla
Norfolk Island Pine
Species Araucaria heterophylla
Norfolk Island Pine.
Native: Norfolk Island
NORFOLK PINE
My house Chico Ca
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2005.03.13
Norfolk Pine
Growing at my house
Native: Norfolk Island
Leave branch is flat in my young tree.
Mature leaves arch up at crown.
Mature leaves hang down at base.
Species: Araucaria. Heterophylla
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Species: Araucaria. Heterophylla
2009.DEC.16
Native: Norfolk Island
Different needle leaves between young and adult.
Different tree shape between young and adult.
Adult is less symmetrical
Adult is fragle to wind.
Young will survive as good house plants in cold climates.
Salt tolerance
Very tall, 180ft
Kula Botanical Gardens, Maui
Species: Araucaria. Heterophylla
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2010.NOV.10
In my house...
These things are not supposed to grow in Northern California! It got down to 35 degrees last night
so I thought I would bring it in. It likes cool, but not that cool. It is a
difficult time for the tree because in the bedroom there is little light.
I love this tropical tree. I loved it when I first seen it in SaveMart. It was dead, and alone just past
Christmas. All the other survivors had been sold weeks ago during hurried Christmas shopping. I asked the manager if I could have the tree, and he said sure and, in fact, he would give it to me.
Actually, it was not quite dead, and I soon had some green showing. And then it revived. It did good for two years.
Then on the third year I over fertilised it, and subjected it to too much undrained water at the bottom
of the roots. It almost died as you can see by the bottom of the bows, a stark permanent reminder of hard times.
When I dug it up I could smell and see
root rot. I gathered poor volcanic red dirt to simulate the island, and replanted it in a better drained pot.
There was so much good drainage that I could put it out in full heavy rains for days. It loved it.
It has been doing great ever sence.
Two close calls!
Maui
In Hana...
2011.Feb.25
