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Couple's prehistoric 'money tree' produces first ever seeds worth more than £5k

2025-09-10 5,357 Dailymotion

One of the world's rarest and oldest trees which dinosaurs used to snack on is bearing fruit for the first time after a retired couple planted it in their garden.<br />Wollemi pines – dubbed dinosaur trees – date back more than 90 million years and were thought to have died out with T-Rex. <br />But a cluster of the prehistoric conifers was discovered in 1994, 125 miles west of Sydney, Australia. <br />Saplings and cuttings were sold off around the world and one was re-planted by retired couple Pamela and Alistair Thompson. <br />The couple paid £70 for an 18ins (45.7cm) tall sapling which a friend had bought off the Shopping Channel. <br />They planted it in their garden in Wichenford, Malvern, Worcs., in 2010 and after years of loving care it now stands more than 13ft (4m) tall.

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