Catalogue

Differs from the common red form (roseus) in having larger, dark green leaves and richer red flowers. Fast growing shrub to 3m. Very showy red flowers in 7cm racemes. Drought and wind tolerant. Protect from frost when young. Winter flowering.

Small tree with glossy, dark green leaves. Delicate flowers appearing September and October turn into orange red berries that are attractive to birds. Very wind hardy.

2-5m shrub with rigid branches and small leaves. Drupes translucent white to crimson to dark purple.

Shrub 3-5m with interlacing branches and small leaves. White to pale blue flecked dark blue drupes.

Variable 3-8m shrub. Oblong, very glossy, dark green leaves. Showy clusters of orange-red fruit attract birds. Excellent for coastal planting.

Fast growing shrub to 5m. Dark green leaves. Showy clusters of bright orange red or black drupes in autumn attract birds. Useful shelter when established with other plantings.

Divaricating branches have reddish brown bark and needle like leaves. Abundant, pale to dark blue berries in autumn. Clip to form a hedge or grows to 2m.

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.

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.

Comparatively rare sand binding plant with thick underground rhizomes. 60-90 cm high with stiff, somewhat curling, yellowish green to golden leaves. Used by Maori for weaving.

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.

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.

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.

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.