I love these things. Imagine being named because of how much monkey’s dislike you.

Sadly my first fact about them is that monkeys don’t actually struggle to climb these, they’re monkeys they can climb pretty much anything. The name comes from some old horticulturalists who made the offhand statement that “it would puzzle a monkey to climb [it]”, and the name just stuck.

Monkey puzzle trees are evergreen, which means the leaves never fall off year round. They are endangered trees (probably the monkeys) but are very popular around the world and can be found in many different climates and regions.