Catalogue

Fast growing tussock with airy flowering panicles carried on slightly arching stems to 1.8m. This handsome plant grows happily in a range of conditions. Suitable for growing as a feature plant or in a group. Looks very attractive by water.

Not a real toetoe but a tall tussock, 60-75cm high. Beautiful, weeping foliage and yellow-green flowers in mid summer. Grows in most well drained soils, and stands cold, partial shade or full sun.

Striking, large tussock with attractive reddish colourings ranging from a brownish green through to copper turning red-orange in winter. Weeping foliage 1-1.6m high. Excellent for landscaping.

One of New Zealand's most beautiful small flowering trees. Stunning sight when covered with pink, pea-like, mauve-veined flowers densely packed in thousands of drooping racemes that almost hide the branchlets. Ideal for a small garden and modern landscaping.

Drooping, glossy, green foliage. Good avenue tree . Excellent timber tree. 30m.

Big cone pine. A very hardy conifer with bluish green needles and huge, ornamental cones.

Very hardy, small tree of dense bushy habit. Ideal for rockery and bonsai.

An extremely hardy pine with dark green dense foliage. Tolerates harsh and dry conditions. Excellent timber.

Medium hardy timber tree. Prefers sheltered sites.

Long Mile archive selections. Recommended for timber.

Ashley selections from Amberley and Waikuku Seed Orchards. Parents selected for good growth and form - see Douglas fir tab under Species.

Washington provenance selections from Amberley and Waikuku Seed Orchards. Parents selected for good growth and form - see Douglas fir tab under Species.

Oregon provenance selections from Amberley and Waikuku Seed Orchards. Parents selected for good growth and form - see Douglas fir tab under Species.

Leaves deeply cut with jagged, saw-tooth, irregular lobes. Long, persistent whiskers surround every bud. Alternative timber species and good, ornamental tree.

Bright red leaves in autumn.

Medium sized, evergreen tree with holly-like leaves.

Large tree. Toothed leaf lobes. Prefers moist soil.

var. fastigata. A different form of Quercus robur that grows with a distinctive, upright, columnar habit.

aka Q. pedunculata. Spreading tree with clear green leaves. Good crops of acorns are a popular duck food.

Thorny branches and fragrant white flowers. Nectar production.

Spreading tree with graceful, pendulous branches.

A large evergreen tree which often reaches heights in excess of 100m in its natural habitat. It has a thick, reddish brown bark with deep furrows running the length of the stem. Foliage is dark green and needle-like and grows flat off the branches. The wood has exceptionally straight grain, high dimensional stability and is resistant to warping.

A large evergreen tree growing to over 90m in its natural habitat. The trunk is often flared and buttressed at the base. Older trees have a soft and deeply fissured red-brown bark. Similar wood properties to coast redwood.

Deciduous conifer to 35m with soft-green, feathery new growth in spring and rich golden-brown foliage just prior to leaf fall in the autumn.

var. roseus. Fast growing shrub to 3m. Very showy, 7cm racemes of red flowers. Arching branches have light green, fern-like leaves. Drought and wind tolerant. Protect from frost when young. Winter flowering.

var. albus. A spreading, weeping shrub having cool, white flowers with a hint of green.

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.