Araucaria cunninghamii QUEENSLAND / HOOP PINE (5 seeds)

Queensland pine, hoop pine or Araucaria cunninghamii is a very rare conifer of the family Araucariaceae.
It is found mainly in Australia from where its name of araucaria of Australia.
It comes from the Queensland region.

This Araucaria can live up to 450 years and reach a height of 60 meters in height.
Its trunk and branches are spiky scales.
Fruit of Queensland pine is a thorny pine cone.

At one time, the resin of the tree was used by Australian Aborigines as cement.
Today the araucaria of Australia is cultivated as an ornamental plant.

Sowing Queensland pine seeds:

It is not necessary to stratify these Araucaria seeds.
Sow hoop pine seeds tip down in a substrate made from horticultural compost mix with sand.
Water gently and place the crop in a place where the temperature should be 15 to 20 ° C.
Germination of seeds usually takes 4 to 8 weeks.

• Atypical tree very rare.
• Resistant to frost up to -9 ° C.
• Rare plant of Australia of unusual form.