Alpine Totara         po-do-KAR-pus ni-VAH-lis

• Evergreen shrub, to 2-3 ft (0.6-0.9 m) tall and 6-10 ft (1.8-3 m) wide, broad, low, spreading, short twigs.  Leaves olive green, dense, spirally arranged, stiff, leathery, linear-oblong, 5-15 mm long, 2-4 mm wide.  (Plant resembles yew.)
• Sun or light shade.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 7     Native to the mountains of New Zealand.
• Corvallis: 3115 Ashwood.