GROW YOUR OWN RARE AND BEAUTIFUL TREE, THE HUON PINE! 2 plants per pack

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A slow growing, long lived and very attractively weeping  tree. In a garden situation it will take decades for it to grow to around 6 metres. It is dioecious, meaning it has male and female flowers on separate plants. Naturally growing along watercourses, they like damp conditions, and do not tolerate dry periods. Will grow in sunny to shady spots. It has a small natural range, in the south west of Tasmania. A valuable timber plant, it is illegal to cut down live trees, so only dead ones can be harvested to ensure the conservation of this relatively rare tree. They can live to around 3,00 years old, making them one of Australia’s oldest living organisms.

The timber has a very high oil content- methyl eugenol-  which offers the timber waterproof and rotproof properties as well as being insect deterrent. Plus it smells good. It is a softwood, making it easy to work with, it is highly valued for many purposes – boat and furniture building and carving.

Plants are grown in tubes 50mm square, 120mm deep, and are grown on outdoor benches to be sun, wind and frost hardy and ready to plant straight to your garden or bigger pots

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SORRY, WE CANNOT SEND PLANTS TO SOUTH AUSTRALIA, WEST AUSTRALIA OR THE NORTHERN TERRITORY due to quarantine restrictions!