Dodonaea viscosa (PLUG grown)
Akeake - green Ht 3-6m
Broadly spreading, evergreen. Tough shelter shrub for exposed and coastal conditions but is too frost tender for inland South Island areas. Wood is hard and black, streaked with white.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Small Tree
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Resistant to salt spray
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Erosion control
- Shelter
- Container Grown
Dodonaea viscosa purpurea (PLUG grown)
Akeake - purple Ht 3-6m
Broadly spreading, evergreen. Purple to bronze foliage with red winged fruits in Jan/Feb. Tough shelter shrub for exposed and coastal conditions. Too frost tender for inland South Island areas.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Small Tree
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Resistant to salt spray
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Erosion control
- Shelter
- Container Grown
Cupressus torulosa (Green form) (POT grown)
Himalayan cypress (Green form) Ht 25-30m
Himalayan Mountains to W. Szechuan. Broadly conical, evergreen. Dark green foliage. Drought tolerant and canker resistant. Good quality timber.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Large tree
- Evergreen
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Timber
- Shelter
- Container Grown
Cupressus torulosa (Blue form) (POT grown)
Himalayan cypress (Blue form) Ht 25-30m
Narrowly conical, evergreen. Local selection from a good timber type, producing attractive blue/grey foliage. Drought & canker resistant. Shelterbelt & timber potential. Worthy of wider use.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Large tree
- Evergreen
- Tolerates dry sites
- Timber
- Shelter
- Container Grown
Cupressus sempervirens stricta (PLUG grown)
Upright cypress Ht 6 -10m
Mediterranean area. Evergreen narrow columnar form famous in Italian landscapes. Needs free draining soil, tolerates very dry conditions. Aromatic timber.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Evergreen
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Tolerates dry sites
- Intolerant to clay soils
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Shelter
- Container Grown
Cupressus gigantea (POT grown)
Tsang-po cypress Ht 30-35m
S.E. Tibet. Narrowly columnar, evergreen, attractive blue-grey foliage, promising quick growth from cuttings. Hardy in NZ. Old growth trees to 2500-year-old, 45m tall, 6 m dbh. at 3000-3400m in Tsangpo River Valley.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Evergreen
- Container Grown
Cunninghamia lanceolata (PLUG grown)
Chinese fir Ht 20-30m
Broadly conical, evergreen. Sharp tipped strap-shaped leaves, green in summer, bronze in cold climates in winter. Does best in fertile soils. Good stand of timber on waterworks land near New Plymouth.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Evergreen
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Timber
- Container Grown
Austroderia richardii (PLUG grown)
Toetoe - South Island Ht 1.5-2m
Height of grass blades 1m. Flower heads 2m. Large evergreen grass with attractive creamy-white plumed flower heads in November / December. Pioneer alongside rivers and erosion scars.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Grass - Strap like leaves
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Resistant to salt spray
- Tolerates wet sites
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Erosion control
- Shelter
- Container Grown
Corokia cotoneaster (POT grown)
Korokio or Wire netting bush Ht 1-2m
A densely twiggy shrub found in dry rocky places. Small leathery leaves, masses of tiny yellow flowers in sping and red or yellow berries in autumn. Can be clipped to form a low dense hedge.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Shrub
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Container Grown
Chimonanthus nitens (POT grown)
White flowered winter sweet Ht 3-4m
S.E.China. Broadly spreading, evergreen. Mountain woodlands in limestone areas to 2,500m. Single slightly fragrant white flowers in the axils of the dark green leaves. A very rare shrub.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Shrub
- Deciduous
- Tolerates shade
- Attractive autumn colours - yellow
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Container Grown
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