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.

P. deltoides x nigra 'Italica'. Broadly columnar, deciduous. Vigorous, popular in colder areas, quickly develops rough bark to deter cattle. Crown narrower on drier hill sites, used with Veronese in eastern regions. Cuttings 40cm, Rooted topped @ 1m.

Commercial release of a new hybrid 'Chiba' P. maximowiczii x fastigiate P. nigra (backcross). Developed by Allan Wilkinson, it has a narrow fastigiate form to replace the rust infected Lombardy poplar. 'Chiba' refers to Dr. Shigeru Chiba of the Japanese Oji Pulp & Paper Company which supplied the P. maximowiczii parent that is unpalatable to rabbits and possums. Leaves develop yellow autumn colour in May and remain rust free. Cuttings 40cm, Rooted topped @ 1m.