Norfolk Island Pine Care
Raise the humidity. Dry air will cause the needles to become dry and fall off. Keep your plant away from heat/AC vents. This Pacific Island native loves to be misted with room-temperature water.
Norfolk Island Pine (Araucaria heterophylla) is one of the relatively few conifers of the southern hemisphere. It's reportedly capable of attaining 200 feet in height, but in most tropical areas, seldom exceeds half that.
Do Not Prune Norfolk Island Pines
The only 'pruning' that should ever be done is snipping off brown tips and dead branches.
Norfolk Island Pine
Araucariaceae
Araucaria heterophylla, or Norfolk Island Pine, is a stately tree resembling true pines.
Norfolk island pine
Araucaria heterophylla
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NORFOLK ISLAND PINE
Araucaria heterophylla
General Notes
Most commonly used as an indoor container plant. SelecTree lists no cultivars of heterophylla.
An Araucaria heterophylla in Camarillo is registered as a California Big Tree.
Norfolk Island pine is a pine-like houseplant that you can use as a Christmas tree for many years. Norfolk Island pines must have evenly bright light that reaches all the branches to maintain good form.
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This Norfolk Island pine is growing near Balboa Park in San Diego, California - someone told me they were A. columnaris but I wouldn't know for sure.
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Gracilis Norfolk Island Pine ( Araucaria heterophylla )
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Temperature: The Norfolk Island Pine is hardy in Zones 10 through 11. The monkey-puzzle tree is hardy in zones 7B through 11, but doesn't grow well in overly hot areas.
excelsa, the Norfolk Island pine, many pines and firs, cedars and other genera illustrate the pyramidal form.
the Norfolk Island pine (A. excelsa) and the bunya-bunya (A. bidwillii)—are all good timber trees. The edible seeds of the bunya-bunya are highly popular in its native Australia.
Australia's largest conifer, reaching 100 feet in cultivation and 200 feet in the wild, hoop pine resembles Norfolk Island pine, especially in the characteristic cage-like arrangement of the leaves. It is a principal species for planting as a crop.
This Chilean pine tree is a relative of the Norfolk Island Pine, but the tiered branches are weirdly shaped, which accounts for its common name. Grown from North Carolina southward in the U.S., it is both lovely and grotesque.
Araucaria heterophylla. Norfolk Island Pine. Tallest tree in Bermuda and can grow 200 feet high. It is called such because it was originally from this island in the Pacific, off New Zealand. The trunk can be seven feet in diameter.
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heterophylla, Norfolk Island Pine.
Araucaria: after the Arauco Indians of central Chile, in whose territory the species A. araucana is native.
Araucaria araucana [Monkey Puzzle Tree] Common Name List ...
Araucaria araucana - Monkey-Puzzle Tree
Araucaria bidwillii - Bunya-bunya
Araucaria columnaris - Cook Pine
Araucaria cunninghamii - Moreton Bay Pine; Hoop Pine
Araucaria heterophylla - Norfolk Island Pine
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 See also: Araucaria, Pine, Grape, Apple, Hibiscus
  
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