jenkins wrote:
>> NOENVIRON <noenviron at aol.com> wrote in article
> <19971227151401.KAA20809 at ladder01.news.aol.com>...
> > >ubject: Norfolk pine
> > >From: nikita at worldnet.att.net> > >Date: Mon, Dec 22, 1997 20:51 EST
> > >Message-id: <882840514.1954152452 at dejanews.com>
> > >
> > >I have a Norfolk pine that has become to large for our house. What is
> the
> > >proper way to trim the top. Also can I use the trimmings to start
> another
> > >tree. Because we live in Syracuse it is not an option to move it
> outside.
> > >
> > >Thank you in advance for the answer. NIKITA.
> > >
[Really, really stupid (and off-topic and off-thread) crap from
no-eviron, snipped out]
>> I wish I had a norfolk pine that big. That must be a lovely looking tree.
> Sorry I cant help. Dont know eanythang about pines.
Actually, the Norfolk Island Pine is not a pine at all. It belongs to
the genus Araucaria, which is an extremely ancient genus of conifers
from the southern hemisphere. They are all truly remarkable and
beautiful trees, although not all tolerate hard frosts, all will grow in
cool winter environments with limited frost. There many other genera of
conifers from the Southern Hemisphere, which eveolved when the Southern
continents were joined together into the Supercontinent referred to as
Gondwanaland. All deserve to be grown ornamentally in the Northern
hemisphere, but they are not seen very frequently.
David Deutsch
Gondwana Gardens
