Is there a Plan B?

Back in May, I revealed my plan for getting a Wollemi Pine, since my better half won’t countenance having its close relative – the Monkey Puzzle Tree – anywhere near any garden of his.

 

Alas, the plan has come to a screeching halt – and simple economics is to blame. The Guardian reports today on an auction of Wollemi Pines that has just been held in Sydney and the prices are way beyond what I can justify to myself (and more importantly, to my dear husband). There were 292 saplings that came up for auction, and it raised a total of £487,000. One batch of saplings went for a cool £4,200 per tree.

 

Oh well, back to the conifers, I suppose.