Solved ID Please - Wollemi pine

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  1. Kristen

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    Hand touching leaf - just for "scale" / "size"
     
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      Might it be this? (seen in the plant shop after visiting the garden above)

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        Looks good, I like it.
         
      • JazzSi

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        I'm certain it's a Wollemi pine , I have one but it's never really got going didn't put on any new growth last year.
         
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          Yes I go with Wollemi Pine there is one where I walk will take a pic if I remember.. Lovely looking trees I think.. :SUNsmile:
           
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            Hahaha ... brilliant thanks folks.

            a) I have seen them and should have recognised it! and
            b) I am trying to grow some from seed - but none have sprouted (supposedly easy, and I did pop them in some damp Vermiculite in the fridge for several weeks :(
             
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            Keep us posted, some trees do seem to take forever to germinate despite what the packet says , good luck.. :thumbsup:

            A tip.. Don't put them where you keep horses as the horses here really ripped into the tree here so they built a guard around it..!! ;)
             
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            The one I saw at Kew had a massive guard around it - no horses nearby though, so something else must have been planning to nick it!
             
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                Wow a stunner Silver Surfer.. :SUNsmile:
                 
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                Turns out that's the guy I bought my seeds off - so hopefully there is hope :)

                He has another, follow-up, video of potting on the seedlings:

                 
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