I grew up in an European inland city that has more Norway spruces and Silver firs than pines so those two are my favorite conifers and I'm just used to them more.
However, on the coastal regions of my country you cannot find spruces growing near the coast, it's all pines when conifers go.
I'm planning to move to our Black Sea coast (or maybe one day somewhere on the Mediterranean) so I wonder if I could plant Norfolk Pines there? How will they do? On the Bulgarian Black Sea coast the hardiness zones range from 7b to 8b, mostly 8a and 8b. I really love their conical shape that could fool you they're a fir or a spruce rather than a pine.
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by Happy-Hour88
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They’re already grown throughout the Mediterranean, but that’s much warmer than zone 8.
Here in Australia, I know of specimens growing in protected microclimates within zone 9a. A quick look on iNaturalist finds an outdoor specimen is being grown in Sochi on the black sea, also 9a.
The same maps I used to calculate USDA zone, also say that the Bulgarian coast below Burgas is 9a.
In conclusion; it would be an edge case. Worth a shot.
Sadly no. They don’t even like a light frost. They’re hyper-tropical.
But there are other auracaria that will grow! Monkey-Puzzle will handle that weather just fine.