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[IBC] NZ Podocarpus
Thumbing through the 500-page Forest Farm Catalog (my resolution
to NOT acquire any new trees may not last long!) 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? There's also a dwarf Taxodium distichum (bald cypress) taken from a witch's broom that they say grows wider than tall. Hoping that my resolve lasts the weekend . . . ;-) Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - VEGETARIAN: An Indian word meaning "lousy hunter." (Borrowed from a sig by fellow listowner, Scott Peterson) ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Jarbas Godoy ++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] NZ Podocarpus
Thumbing through the 500-page Forest Farm Catalog (my resolution
to NOT acquire any new trees may not last long!) 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 ;-) Nic ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Jarbas Godoy ++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] NZ Podocarpus
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) ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Jarbas Godoy ++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] NZ Podocarpus
I picked up a couple of Podocarpus totara from a nursery that was
closing down last summer. I didn't know much about them but was attracted by their Yew like foliage (and the price:-). There's a small amount of info on them here http://tinyurl.com/3dcvl I've also got P. alpina "Blue Gem" planted in my growing beds for a couple of years now. It's extremely slow. Cheers Kev Bailey Vale Of Clwyd, North Wales --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.551 / Virus Database: 343 - Release Date: 11/12/2003 ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Jarbas Godoy ++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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