Quercus rysophylla (POT grown)
Loquat leaf oak Ht 20-25m
N.E. Mexico in Sierra Madre Oriental. Upright fast growing broadly crowned evergreen. Hardy in the UK and drought tolerant. Striking spring foliage, leathery corrugated reddish-purple leaves against the older glossy green foliage, summer flushes similar. Recommended.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Evergreen
- Tolerates dry sites
- Container Grown
Quercus pyrenaica (PLUG grown)
Pyrenean (Spanish) oak Ht 15-20m
Broadly spreading, deciduous. Shoots and underside of leaves yellow tomentose. Produces acorns and should suit drier parts of NZ and grows well in Northland.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Deciduous
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive autumn colours - brown
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Timber
- Container Grown
- Tolerates pumice soils
Quercus alba (POT grown)
American white oak Ht 30m
Broadly columnar, deciduous. Famous for its quality timber and large size in America. NZ produced 1 year seedlings are still small compared to other oaks. They show signs of producing red autumn colours. Much in demand and rarely available.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Large tree
- Deciduous
- Attractive autumn colours - red
- Attractive autumn colours - brown
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Timber
- Container Grown
Pinus bungeana (POT grown)
Lacebark pine Ht 20-30m
Northern China. Narrowly conical as a young tree, evergreen and slow growing. Known for its flaking bark in later years, revealing cream and green patches.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Small Tree
- Evergreen
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Container Grown
Viburnum plicatum 'Summer Snowflake' (POT grown)
Japanese snowball Ht 2m
Deciduous rounded shrub. Profuse display of large sterile white flowers surrounding small fertile flowers in spring, with sporadic flowering through summer. Orange red berries turn black, with reddish purple leaves in autumn.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Shrub
- Deciduous
- Attractive autumn colours - purple
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Container Grown
- Tolerates limestone soils
Taiwania cryptomerioides (POT grown)
Coffin tree Ht 20-30m
Taiwan, S.W. China and Myanmar at 1800-2600 m. Conical evergreen, juvenile foliage like Cryptomeria, changing to scale-like in maturity when cones are produced. Largest conifer in Asia, taking a long time to reach 60m
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Evergreen
- Container Grown
Viburnum davidii (POT grown)
Evergreen ground cover Ht 0.5m
Sichuan. China. Broadly slow-growing evergreen ground cover. 15cm bright glossy green leaves. White flowers in spring, turquoise-blue berries in late summer.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Shrub
- Evergreen
- Tolerates shade
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Container Grown
- Tolerates limestone soils
Sophora tetraptera (POT grown)
Kowhai - North Island Ht 5-12m
Native to Eastern North Island. Broadly conical, evergreen. No divaricating juvenile stage. The yellow flowers are larger with nectar for birds. The wood is very hard and durable.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Small Tree
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Attracts bees
- Container Grown
Sophora prostrata (POT grown)
Kowhai - South Island mountain Ht 1-2m
Height dependant on exposure. A dense, rounded divaricating shrub with single orange flowers and small pinnate leaves. Survives on dry inhospitable sites. Useful for bonsai.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Shrub
- Evergreen
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Attracts bees
- Container Grown
Sophora molloyi 'Dragon's Gold' (POT grown)
Kowhai - Winter flowering Ht 1.5m
Stephens Island. Cook Strait. Dense sprawling evergreen shrub in the wild. Can be trained as a standard with a
bushy top. Tui & bellbirds seek nectar in mid-winter from the yellow flowers. Tolerates cold, drought & coastal gales.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Shrub
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Resistant to salt spray
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Container Grown
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