A selected blue-grey foliaged broadly conical evergreen totara. Attractive as a specimen tree or trimmed annually as a dense hedge. New spring growth is lime-green maturing to blue-grey. Not poisonous to animals or humans.

Broadly conical or spreading when open grown, evergreen. Huge trunks on old trees. Bark peels in long strips. Tiny fruits attract birds. Timber is prized for carving & interior joinery.

South & Central Chile in Andean valleys with 2000 to 3000mm rainfall and hot dry summers. Well drained volcanic soils. Dense broadly columnar evergreen crowns with yew-like foliage, female trees produce delicious edible green grape-like fruits ripening to yellow. Related to matai, kereru love them.

Taller, stronger stock for sheltered sites with vigorous weed growth. This stock undamaged by -10C in our Wakefield nursery. On new land mix with larch, Douglas fir or cypress to inoculate with mycorrhiza. Valuable timber when pruned. Cut stumps re-sprout.