A specimen of the rare weeping totara has recently been acquired for the Ashburton Domain and, as there are only three other known specimens in New Zealand of this botanical “freak,” the young tree will make a valuable addition to the collection of native trees in the Domain. The specimen is about 10 years old, and about 4ft in height. The first weeping totara ever known was found in some pri-vately-owned bush near Geraldine and three young trees have been successfully propagated from the parent, which has reached a height of about 25ft to 30ft. So called because its foliage hangs down in the same way as that of the weeping elm, the weeping totara has attracted widespread attention among botanists throughout the Dominion.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 September 1939, Page 9
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