To borrow, perhaps dubiously, from Shakespeare, what’s in a name? After all, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet and, maybe, a monkey puzzle tree by another moniker would still be as ...

The ancient monkey puzzle tree has distinctive spiny leaves and intricate scaly branches. Its unusual features, scientists believe, evolved as a defense against towering, long-necked dinosaurs.

This Gardening News column is from the online archives of The Star of North Augusta, a collection of more than 25,000 articles published from October 2007 to February 2022. Last month I wrote about ...

The majority of plants that qualify as horticultural oddities are modest in size: many can dwell happily on windowsills. Among notable exceptions is monkey puzzle tree, aka devil’s tree. Up to 80 feet ...

Scientists say that Araucaria araucana, commonly known as the monkey puzzle tree, is now endangered and faces the risk of extinction. Known to be one of the most resilient species, the plant outlived ...