The discovery of the Wollemi Pine is the equivalent of finding a small dinosaur still alive on earth
Professor Chambers, Director of Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney.

Fascinating Fact File This miraculous time traveller exhibits growing habits like no other plant in existence.

It has an extraordinary bubbly bark that looks just like bubbling chocolate.

Frond like foliage shaped similar to a Stegosaur’s tail that change from apple green in the Spring to blue green in the Winter.

Strange ‘polar caps’ to the ends of its branches in winter to protect it from frost and biting winds.

The oldest tree still living in the wild ‘King Billy’ dates back to William the Conqueror and 1066!

A member of the Araucariaceae family and the familiar Monkey Puzzle Tree, its scientific title is Wollemia nobilis named after the park where it originates from and the ranger David Noble who first discovered it.

Tolerates heat, cold, full sun, shade as well as different types
of soil.

his truly incredible prehistoric tree has been capturing the attention of botanists and plant lovers the world over since it was first discovered in 1994. Growing in abundance during the dinosaur period, this Jurassic wonder was thought to be extinct with only fossil records remaining, until a lone park ranger in the Wollemi National Park in Australia accidently came across a small grove of just 24 of these ancient trees hidden inside a narrow canyon deep inside the park. The rest is history as they say. 200 million years of history in fact and that’s what makes this extremely important find so fascinating.

Because so few of these botanical relics still exist in the wild, the Wollemi Pine is considered to be the most endangered plant species in the world and a major conservation programme is now under way to protect its future. It has taken the last 12 years to carefully propagate cuttings taken from the original trees into new healthy, fully established plants that, for the first time ever, are now available for sale in the UK. By growing one in your own garden not only will YOU become the offspring’s official custodian, but a percentage of the purchase price will be donated back to the Wollemi National Park authorities to help preserve its original parents and other endangered species in the park.

"How marvellous and exciting that we should have discovered this rare survivor from such an ancient past"
 Sir David Attenborough

upplied already 50-55cm tall in a 3 litre pot each specimen tree comes with detailed growing instructions, a pack of friendly fungus to ensure complete establishment, and a fascinating facts pack including a Certificate of Authenticity. A stunning patio or indoor plant as well as a ‘free’ everlasting Christmas tree, your Wollemi Pine will grow up to 6’ tall if kept in its pot or taller when planted in the garden. It also makes an unusual and exciting gift for any garden enthusiast.