Franz Heymann wrote:
"tom@claire" wrote in
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Hello

we are looking to purchase a monkey puzzle tree and do not want to
wait years and years to enjoy it. Is it best to start with a 1.5m
tree or smaller? How much does it grow per year on average?

We appreciate any help/ advice you can offer!

If you plant a monkey puzzle tree you will quite soon be overwhelmed
by its expanding ugliness. That is one of the reasons why,
mercifully, there are so few of them around. Surely it is something
only a mother can love.

Franz

Well, we've got one - it's planted in a most unlikely place and looks
completely wrong there. About five feet tall, it has grown very slowly
over the two years we've been here (Surrey, heavy clay), and frankly,
it's for the chop. D'you reckon we could sell it then? How big a root
structure does a Monkey Puzzle have?

Chris