Cornus alba 'Sibirica'
Red-barked dogwood Ht 1.5-2.5m
Medium sized suckering deciduous shrub with slender red stems, turning bright crimson in winter. Small cream flowers then blueish-white berries. Reddish leaves in autumn.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Shrub
- Deciduous
- Attractive autumn colours - red
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
Sophora chathamica (POT grown )
Chatham Island kowhai Ht 5-15m
West coast North Island and Chatham Islands. Coastal cliffs and streamside, masses of yellow flowers in spring. No juvenile divaricating growth stage.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Small Tree
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Resistant to salt spray
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Attracts bees
- Container Grown
Rhopalostylis sapida (POT grown)
Nikau Palm Ht 10-15m
Only palm endenic to mainland NZ, tall sturdy, each ring on the trunk one year's growth. Natural range coastal & lowland forest on the North Island and South Island to Okarito in the west, Banks Peninsular in the east.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Small Tree
- Grass - Strap like leaves
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Resistant to salt spray
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Tolerates shade
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Container Grown
Pyrus ussuriensis
Manchurian pear Ht 6-9m
N.E. China and Korea. Fast growing deciduous tree with rounded form. Masses of white flowers in spring. Fruit from seedlings variable in size and texture, but readily eaten by stock and birds. Used as an understock for Nashi.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Deciduous
- Attractive autumn colours - yellow
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Attracts bees
- Edible fruits and seeds
Quercus serrata
Jolcham oak Ht 20-25m
China, Japan, Korea & Taiwan. Broad spreading crown, deciduous timber tree. Shoots and young leaves with silky hairs, becoming glabrous. Leathery, narrowly oval leaves, margins with gland tipped teeth, dark green above, greyish beneath, Acorns small in a shallow cup. Rare in NZ.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Deciduous
- Attractive to birds
Zelkova serrata
Japanese keake Ht 25-30m
Broadly spreading, deciduous. Fine avenue tree in Canberra with ascending branches and weeping branchlets. Tolerates dry conditions, prefers moist soils. Decorative hardwood timber.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Large tree
- Deciduous
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive autumn colours - yellow
- Attractive autumn colours - orange
- Attractive autumn colours - red
- Attractive to birds
Taxus baccata (POT grown)
English yew Ht 10-20m
Wide spreading, evergreen. Very shade tolerant and casts very heavy shade. Foliage poisonous to horses. Clips well as a formal hedge. Enjoys alkaline soils but not heavy clays.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Small Tree
- Evergreen
- Tolerates dry sites
- Intolerant to clay soils
- Tolerates shade
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Container Grown
- Hedging
- Tolerates limestone soils
Styrax obassia
Fragrant snowbell tree Ht 5-10m
Japan. Broadly columnar, deciduous. Large fairly round leaves, fragrant white flowers in 20cm long racemes. Similar fruits to S. japonica though fewer produced. Enjoys a damp site.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Small Tree
- Deciduous
- Tolerates wet sites
- Attractive autumn colours - yellow
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Attracts bees
Styrax japonicus
Japanese snowbell tree Ht 5-10m
Erect trunk, pyramidal form and horizontal branches. Deciduous. In Spring masses of white bell shaped flowers hang under the branches, a stunning sight. Oval grey-green fruits hang until Autumn when ducks and Pheasants eat them. Enjoys a damp site.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Small Tree
- Deciduous
- Tolerates wet sites
- Attractive autumn colours - yellow
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Attracts bees
Sorbus torminalis
Wild service tree Ht 10-25m
Europe to N. Africa. Broadly even crown, deciduous, terminal clusters of white flowers in early summer. Russet brown edible fruits with golden brown autumn colours. Timber valued for cabinet work. Rare in NZ.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Deciduous
- Attractive autumn colours - yellow
- Attractive autumn colours - brown
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Attracts bees
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