Catalogue

Bronze or purple foliage. Otherwise similar to C. australis but generally not quite as tall. Very effective landscaping specimen.

Palm tree 5-13m. Sometimes branched from base. Strap-like leaves to 1m long. Huge panicles of creamy, fragrant flowers in spring or early summer produce bluish white berries that attract birds. Excellent landscape feature plant and great container plant.

Lance shaped, leathery, pale olive-green leaves which are silvery grey underneath. Prefers sunny, well-drained sites with some moisture but also tolerates semi-shade.

Divaricating shrub to 3m. Leaves spoon shaped, and white below. Star-like, yellow flowers followed by orange red berries. Drought and salt spray tolerant and when clipped forms an excellent hedge.

Starry, yellow flowers produce an attractive and prolific display in spring followed by brightly coloured berries. Ideal low hedge and great garden species.

Fast growing tussock 2-3m tall. Spectacular creamy white plumes with sharp-edged leaves. Good filler or low shelter species.

Fast growing, glossy leaved tussocks to 1m. Papyrus like flower and seed heads. Cutting edges on leaves and culms make this a good barrier plant.

Specimen tree to 35m. Juvenile leaves have a bronze tinge. Adult trees have dark green, compressed scales. Female trees bear single seeds on top of small, bright red fruits which are attractive to native birds. Tolerates wet feet.

Hardy tufted plant resembling a small, fine-leaved flax. Produces relatively insignificant flowers but these turn into very ornamental berries ranging from pale to dark blue. Great either mass planted or as a garden specimen.

Fast growing, small tree to 7m. Suitable for coastal sites. Red brown, peeling bark and papery, creamy coloured seed capsules are a feature from summer to autumn. Excellent hedge subject else an attractive small specimen tree.

Purple form of akeake. Very fast growing small tree with red/brown peeling bark, purplish red foliage and bright purplish red seed capsules in the summer. Ideal for coastal sites and low shelter else an attractive small specimen tree.

Produces 30mm long, green and purple flowers from July to December. Both flowers and dark coloured berries that follow attract birds.

Trailing shrub to 50cm wide. Dainty, rounded scalloped leaves 1cm wide. Erect flowers in summer, then bright red berries 2cm long. Ideal over walls or in hanging baskets.

Hardy tree with large, shiny leaves. Found in forests and coastlands. Excellent shelter tree and can be trimmed into a novel hedge.

Open branched shrub to 1m. Attractive, glossy leaves with red margins. Very showy, 20-30cm long panicles of lavender flowers.

Light green, willow shaped leaf with white or lilac flowers occurring in midsummer. Leaves can be used to prepare a medicinal tea.

Spectacular, dense racemes of magenta or deep reddish purple which flower over many months. Rounded shrub to 1.5m with handsome, thick, dark green leaves.

A slender, much branched hebe to 4m. Pale lilac to white flowers through summer.

Attractive blue foliage is a striking foil for white to beige flower panicles borne on tall stems.

Perennial herb to 60cm tall. From summer to autumn it produces a profusion of creamy yellow flowers blotched with maroon eyes. Decorative, papery capsules. Hardy.

A narrow leaved, slender tree reaching 10m. Tall, juvenile form has small roundish leaves that eventually become elongated and serrated. In mid-summer the tree is smothered with starry-petalled white flowers.

Fast growing, graceful tree with oval, fresh green, serrated leaves to 12cm long, often purple beneath. Showy masses of starry, white flowers appear late summer through autumn. Tolerates wet sites.

Grows to 4-6 metres. Has weeping branches and small, scented flowers in summer and autumn. Leaves are narrower than H. populnea.

New Zealand honeysuckle. A tall, distinctive looking tree to 30m. Dense, bottlebrush-like racemes of rusty red flowers appear in spring through summer and attract birds to their nectar. Also known for its handsome timber for interior use.

Shrub or small tree producing abundant clusters of small white flowers in summer followed by small capsules which are shed in autumn. A fibrous barked trunk growing to 15m in the wild. A natural nurse crop for other native species and superb firewood.

Shrub or small tree to 6m with peeling bark. Leaves aromatic, small, stiff. White scented flowers to 12mm wide are borne prolifically for many months from spring and are much loved by bees. Fast growing, valuable nurse species.

Perennial herb with fans of stiff, linear leaves to 50cm. Panicles of white flowers in spring.

Small plant, stiff upright leaves which turn yellow in full sun. Decorative, orange yellow fruits. Very effective when mass planted as a ground cover.

Forms clumps of erect, stiff, copper coloured leaves with prominent orange mid-ribs.

Feature shrub 3-7m with heart shaped, aromatic leaves.