Towards commercialising cypress as a high-value plantation forest species

Report Date: March 2017
Author: Dean Satchell, Sustainable Forest Solutions, R.D. 1 Kerikeri, Northland 0294
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HG

Haggerston Grey Leyland hybrid

Site Year Number measured/
total number planted
Growth & form Health Overall
score
Bay of Plenty - Waiotapu 1996 9/9 4.8 8.8 6.8
South Otago, Balclutha 1995 & 1996 5/13 6.4 8.0 7.2

Numbers measured/planted: 14/22

Occasional double and multiple leaders, ramicorns and heavy branching, but with good health.