I run across
Podocarpus totara from N.Z. The book says the trunk was once
used for canoes up to 80 feet long, but it also says it makes
a
good hedge plant and has ONE INCH needles.

Are any of you New Zealanders familiar with this one?

I'm not familliar with it, but Lynne tells me that it's fairly
slow growing.
She has no idea about the suitability of it as bonsai. She
added that it's
a NZ native that is NOT in cultivation in NZ, and was not aware
that it was
being sold overseas. She believes that a lot of the Maori
would have a fit
if they knew...
But I guess that's another story ;-)


So tell it. Please. Why would the Maori be upset that the
haoles are growing one of many nice NZ natives?

Since other Podocarpus -- with MUCH larger leaves -- make good
bonsai, I see no reason why this one wouldn't, also. All of them
can be described as "slow growing."

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only to the
white man was nature a wilderness -- Luther Standing Bear
(Ogallala Sioux Chief)

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