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    Podocarpus totara Matapouri Blue – Blue Totara

    • Description
    		 A brilliant compact selection of our native totara with small blue-grey foliage. Has a more upright pyramidical habit. Its slow growth makes it easy to manage in any sized garden. Excellent as a specimen tree or planted as a hedge.
    Height x Width 7 x 5
    Height Range Medium 5-10m
    Growth Rate Slow
    Plant Type Tree
    Shape Conical
    Country of Origin New Zealand
    Similar to Consider Podocarpus Totara and Black Bridge. Podocarpus gracilis
    • Leaf
    Leaf Colour Glaucus Blue
    • Flower
    Flower Insignificant
    • Uses
    Specimen Yes
    Accent Yes
    Screening / Shelter Yes
    Hedging Yes
    Bird Feeding Yes
     
     Note: Growth, height and grade information are given in good faith but are subject to natural variables beyond our control.
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    Pseudopanax Cyril Watson

    • Description
    		 Unusual and distinct cultivar. Compact neat and bushy habit. Glossy fresh green leaves with lighter ribs. Can be used as a low broad hedge or as a specimen shrub, screen, or tub plant. A good wind shelter for more delicate plants in mixed shrub beds.
    Height x Width 3 x 2
    Height Range Small 1-5m
    Growth Rate Slow
    Plant Type Shrub
    Shape Round
    Country of Origin New Zealand
    Similar to Consider Pseudopanax Lessonii, P. Laetus, Griselinia Broadway Mint, Griselinia Lucida, Planchonella costata, Ilex Largo
    • Leaf
    Leaf Colour Green
    • Flower
    Flower Colour Very small
    Fragrant? No
    • Uses
    Screening Yes
    Hedging Yes
     
       Note: Growth, height and grade information are given in good faith but are subject to natural variables beyond our control.
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    Pseudopanax ferox – Savage Lancewood or Horoeka

    • Description
    		 Similar in form to P. crassifolium. Pale grey brown leaves have distinctive saw-like hooked teeth in juvenile stage. Does not like wet but will tolerate quite dry open windy areas. Evergreen. Endemic to NZ
    Height x Width 5 x 1
    Height Range Small 1-5m
    Growth Rate Slow
    Plant Type Tree
    Shape Upright
    Country of Origin New Zealand
    Similar to Consider Pseudopanax crassifolium, Pseudopanax sabre
    • Leaf
    Leaf Colour Brown
    • Flower
    Flower Colour Insignificant
    • Uses
    Accent Yes
     
      Note: Growth, height and grade information are given in good faith but are subject to natural variables beyond our control.
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    Pseudopanax Lessonii – Houpara

    • Description
    		 A fast growing much-branched, rich deep green foliaged shrub, with three or five thick, leathery leaflets to each stem. Windy sites Ok. Good for coastal planting. Trims well for a hedgerow or wind break. Does not like wet feet. NZ Native. ALSO: Pseudopanax Lessonii Purpurea with Black Purple leaves
    Height x Width 4 x 2.5
    Height Range Small 1-5m
    Growth Rate Moderate
    Plant Type Shrub
    Shape Round
    Country of Origin New Zealand
    Similar to Consider P. Cyril Watson, P. Laetus, Griselinia Broadway Mint, Griselinia Lucida, Planchonella costata, Ilex Largo
    • Leaf
    Leaf Colour Green
    • Flower
    Flower Insignificant
    • Uses
    Screening / Shelter Yes
    Hedging Yes
    Bird Feeding Yes
     
      Note: Growth, height and grade information are given in good faith but are subject to natural variables beyond our control.
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    Rhopalostylis cheesemanii – Kermadec Island Nikau

    • Description
    		 From Kermadec Is. group this Nikau has broader fronds with each leaflet slightly spaced apart. It is also more tolerant to exposed conditions than the NZ Nikau. After some years a trunk forms which is scarred with rings from old fallen leaves. Prefers a shady position when young but will tolerate full sun, wind and coastal conditions. Prefers a cool root run. An excellent garden specimen or potted plant. Slow growing.
    Height x Width 10
    Height Range Medium 5-10m
    Growth Rate Moderate
    Plant Type Palm
    Shape Palm
    Country of Origin New Zealand
    Similar to Consider Sapida, Pittii
    • Leaf
    Leaf Colour Dark Green
    • Flower
    Flower Colour White, very small
    Fragrant? No
    • Uses
    Specimen Yes
    Accent Yes
    Bird Feeding Yes
     
     Note: Growth, height and grade information are given in good faith but are subject to natural variables beyond our control.
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    Rhopalostylis pittii – Pitt or Chatham Island Nikau

    • Description
    		 Nikau from the Southern Chatham Islands. They differ from the mainland species with longer fronds, wider leaflets, a silvery hue to them stems and larger fruit. Will tolerate full sun, high wind, cold and coastal conditions. Generally, a much tidier variety.
    Height x Width 10
    Height Range Medium 5-10m
    Growth Rate Slow
    Plant Type Palm
    Shape Palm
    Country of Origin New Zealand
    Similar to Consider Sapida, Cheesemanii
    • Leaf
    Leaf Colour Dark Green
    • Flower
    Flower Colour White, very small
    Fragrant? No
    • Uses
    Specimen Yes
    Accent Yes
    Bird Feeding Yes
     
     Note: Growth, height and grade information are given in good faith but are subject to natural variables beyond our control.
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    Rhopalostylis sapida – NZ Nikau

    • Description
    		 New Zealand’s only native palm is elegant and graceful with straight slender smooth stems crowned with fan-like rich green leaves up to 3m long. After some years a trunk forms which is scarred with rings from old fallen leaves. Prefers a cool root run. Prefers a shady position when young. At maturity will tolerate full sun, wind and coastal conditions. An excellent garden specimen or potted plant. Slow growing. Over many years can reach 10m.
    Plant Type Palm
    Shape Palm
    Country of Origin New Zealand
    Similar to Consider Pittii, Cheesemanii
    • Leaf
    Leaf Colour Dark Green
    • Flower
    Flower Colour White, very small
    Fragrant? No
    • Uses
    Specimen Yes
    Accent Yes
    Bird Feeding Yes
     
     Note: Growth, height and grade information are given in good faith but are subject to natural variables beyond our control.
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    Sophora chathamica – Coastal Kowhai

    • Description
    		 The coastal kowhai is distinguished from all other Kowhai species by the absence of a divaricating juvenile stage. Leaves are slightly larger than microphylla. Primarily a species of the coastal forest, often on cliff faces or banks overlooking estuarine rivers or inlets. This species was once included as Sophora microphylla. Yellow flowers from late winter to spring.
    Height x Width 6 x 4m
    Height Range Medium 5-10m
    Growth Rate Moderate
    Plant Type Tree
    Shape Spreading
    Country of Origin New Zealand
    Similar to Consider S. Microphylla, S.Tetraptera
    • Leaf
    Leaf Colour Green
    • Flower
    Flower Colour Yellow
    Fragrant? No
    • Uses
    Specimen Yes
    Good Shade Tree? Yes
    Bird Feeding Yes
     
     Note: Growth, height and grade information are given in good faith but are subject to natural variables beyond our control.
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    Sophora microphylla – Kowhai

    • Description
    		 Widespread NZ native species. Small green pinnate leaflets. Golden-yellow, tubular 45mm flowers in pendulous racemes, en-masse during spring. Attracts native birds. Excellent small garden specimen.
    Height x Width 5.0 x 2.5
    Height Range Small 1-5m
    Growth Rate Moderate
    Plant Type Tree
    Shape Round
    Country of Origin New Zealand
    Similar to Consider Sophora Dragons Gold, Chathamica, Tetraptera
    • Leaf
    Leaf Colour Green
    • Flower
    Flower Colour Yellow
    Fragrant? No
    • Uses
    Accent Yes
    Bird Feeding Yes
     
    Note: Growth, height and grade information are given in good faith but are subject to natural variables beyond our control.
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    Sophora microphylla Dragon’s Gold – Dwarf Kowhai

    • Description
    		 Excellent compact bushy cultivar with pinnate fine textured bright green leaves. Showy lemon-yellow flowers in clustered racemes winter-early summer. Full sun or part shade. Free draining moisture retentive soil. Shelter from cold winds.
    Height x Width 2.5 x 2.5
    Height Range Small 1-5m
    Growth Rate Moderate
    Plant Type Shrub
    Shape Round
    Country of Origin New Zealand
    Similar to Consider Sophora Microphylla, Chathamica,
    • Leaf
    Leaf Colour Green
    • Flower
    Flower Colour Yellow
    Fragrant? No
    • Uses
    Accent Yes
    Hedging Yes
    Bird Feeding Yes
     
    Note: Growth, height and grade information are given in good faith but are subject to natural variables beyond our control.
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    Sophora tetraptera – NZ Kowhai

    • Description
    		 Slightly larger growing tree than S. microphylla with weeping branches. Larger leaves than microphylla at 8-16cm. Does not have the tangled juvenile growth. Golden yellow flowers in spring in racemes commence earlier than Microphylla.  A more open airy habit. A spectacular sight in full bloom. Attracts native birds.
    Height x Width 7 x 4
    Range Medium 5-10m
    Growth Rate Moderate
    Plant Type Tree
    Shape Spreading
    Country of Origin New Zealand
    Similar to Consider Sophora Microphylla, Chathamica
    • Leaf
    Leaf Colour Green
    • Flower
    Flower Colour Yellow
    Fragrant? No
    • Uses
    Specimen Yes
    Good Shade Tree? Yes
    Accent Yes
    Bird Feeding Yes
     
    Note: Growth, height and grade information are given in good faith but are subject to natural variables beyond our control.
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    Strelitzia reginae – Bird of Paradise

    • Description
    		 Forms large greyish green leaves. Flowers held on long stems are made up of orange, purple and white. The interesting structure resembles colourful tropical birds. Valuable for garden display and indoor decoration.
    Height x Width 1.5 x 1.5
    Height Range Small 1-5m
    Growth Rate Slow
    Plant Type Succulent
    Shape
    Country of Origin South Africa
    Similar to Consider Nicholii
    • Leaf
    Leaf Colour Green
    • Flower
    Flower Colour Orange
    Fragrant? No
    • Uses
    Accent Yes
     Note: Growth, height and grade information are given in good faith but are subject to natural variables beyond our control.
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    Vitex Lucens – Puriri

    • Description
    		 A large spreading native that was valued for strong durable timber. Dark green leaves are made up of a number of leaflets joined together. Bears cup-shaped dull red 25mm flowers followed by bright orange-red fruits which attract birds. Grows well near the coast and will tolerate wind. Prefers free-draining soil. Ideal for specimen planting. Will grow to 10m+ but can be pruned to size
    Height x Width 15 x 8
    Height Range Tall 10+m
    Growth Rate Moderate
    Plant Type Tree
    Shape Round
    Country of Origin New Zealand
    Similar to Consider Alectryon grandis, Alectryon excelsa, Vitex Lucens, Dysoxylum Spectabile, Planchonella costata, Myrsine salicina
    • Leaf
    Leaf Colour Green
    • Flower
    Flower Colour Red
    Fragrant? No
    • Uses
    Specimen Yes
    Good Shade Tree? Yes
    Bird Feeding Yes
     
     Note: Growth, height and grade information are given in good faith but are subject to natural variables beyond our control.

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