Araucaria a. 3gal Monkey Puzzle Tree highlight Francee Hosta

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sweet and tasty fruit with reddish-purple skin and flesh

violin-shaped leaves that grow upright on a tall plant

Sap can be collected during the winter and distilled down to make a sweet syrup

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Araucaria a. 3gal Monkey Puzzle Tree highlight Francee HostaMonkey Puzzle Tree. Whorled branches covered in short, pointed, lustrous, leathery, dark green, spirally arranged leaves. Horizontal, spreading, rope like branches become downward sweeping that curve up at tip like the tail of a monkey. It would puzzle a monkey to climb this tree. Native to the Andes Mountains in Chile and Argentina. This is the beautiful specimen growing next to our farm house cafe! Evergreen tree. Zones 7 11. Full sun. 50 80 ft.