Araucaria heterophylla

You can buy a Norfolk Terrier from $200 up to $1,900 on the average, although the low end of the selling price is from those who want to rehome their pets. There is also the Trinity Farms Norfolk Terrier that sells males for $2,700 and females for $3,500.

Though not true pines, they’re part of a plant family that dates back to prehistoric times. Along parts of the California Coast, Norfolk Island pines grow 100 feet or taller, stretching up to 60 feet wide and growing up to 2 feet per year.

Norfolk Island pine cold tolerance is not great. The trees thrive outside in USDA plant hardiness zones 10 and 11. In these warm zones you can grow Norfolk Island pine in the garden. The tree’s native soil is sandy, so outdoor Norfolk Island pines are also happy in any well-drained soil.

Your Norfolk Pine prefers bright indirect light to direct sunlight. It can adapt to medium light areas, but it may become leggy and less full.

According to the ASPCA list of Plants Toxic to Cats, the Norfolk or Australian Pine IS toxic to cats. According to PullmanUSA it’s toxic to both cats and dogs and its symptons are vomiting and depression.

Apply a balanced (20-20-20) liquid fertilizer to Norfolk Island Pine every two (2) weeks during the growing period. In the summer, especially if grown outdoors, feed plants with an acid fertilizer such as rhododendron food as the high nitrogen concentration stimulates better foliage growth.

Tip. If your Norfolk pine has brown tips, it may be a victim of extreme temperatures, either too hot or too cold, it might need water, or it might have Norfolk Needle Blight. For blight, you can treat with a fungicide, but if environmental conditions have weakened your Norfolk, there may be little you can do.

Outdoors, plant this tree in porous, moderately moist, porous/sandy soil in a full sun location. Once established, it will tolerate somewhat dry conditions. When grown as an indoor plant, use a potting mix that is porous, sandy, and slightly acidic.

This type of tree doesn’t require cosmetic pruning. The only pruning you should do is trimming to remove branches that die or tips that turn brown. Use sharp pruning shears to trim dead foliage. When you prune a Norfolk Pine, you prevent the cut point from growing any more.

Unfortunately, there is no way to rejuvenate the Norfolk Island Pine. With good care, the plant will continue to produce new growth at its top. However, new growth will not develop in bare areas. Place the Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria heterophylla) in a brightly lit location near an east, west, or south window.

First thing to keep in mind with the care of Norfolk pines is that they are not cold hardy. They are a tropical plant and cannot tolerate temperatures below 35 F. (1 C.). For many parts of the country, the Norfolk Island pine tree cannot be planted outside year round.

55 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit