US EditionReplanted tree from age of dinosaurs bears fruit for first time
- Retired couple Pamela and Alistair Thompson's Wollemi pine bore fruit this month in Wichenford.
- Wollemi pines, dating back over 90 million years, were discovered in 1994 after thought extinct.
- The couple planted their 18-inch sapling in 2010 after buying it for £70.
- "I saw a small tree for sale for more than 1,000," one person stated.
- They will open their garden May 4 hoping to collect seeds to propagate the endangered species.
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Prehistoric and Critically Endangered ‘Dinosaur Tree’ Bears Fruit for First time in British Couple's Garden
One of the world’s rarest trees—a prehistoric species that dinosaurs used to snack on—is bearing fruit for the first time after a retired couple planted it in their garden years ago. Wollemi pines – dubbed dinosaur trees – date back more than 90 million years and were thought to have died out with T-Rex, but […] The post Prehistoric and Critically Endangered ‘Dinosaur Tree’ Bears Fruit for First time in British Couple’s Garden appeared first on …
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eveshamjournal.co.ukPrehistoric 'dinosaur tree' thought to be extinct bears fruit in garden near city
The Wollemi pine, a critically endangered species which dates back 90 million years, has borne fruit in a garden in Wichenford
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Replanted tree from age of dinosaurs bears fruit for first time
Wollemi pines – dubbed dinosaur trees – date back more than 90 million years and were thought to have died out with T-Rex.
One of the world's oldest trees which dinosaurs snacked on bears fruit for the first time in West Midlands garden
The ‘dinosaur tree’, which is thriving in a West Midlands couple’s garden, has borne its long pendulous and globular spiky fruits for the first time.
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