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Monkey puzzle tree

In my new garden there is a monkey tree with brown branches mainly lower limbs it's not a tall tree maybe 6 or 7 feet high any ideas it is over crowded by a choisia and I planted on chalk.

Can I just cut out the brown limbs I also suspect like everything else in the garden it has been neglected but as always I thought I would ask Britain's finest cheer lester

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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,884

    If you prune the Araucaria it will die back from where it has been cut. Unfortunately this is a conifer that shouldn't be pruned unless it is very young but from the height you mention and the fact that these trees are very slow growing I personally wouldn't risk it as it is probably fairly old. The Choisya can be cut back.

    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
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