Quercus laeta (POT grown)
A Mexican white oak Ht 10m
A smaller deciduous white oak, widespread across dry rocky soils at 2300-2700 m. Dark green leathery leaves up to 40cm, long with a few shallow teeth. Hardy acorns could be useful for wildlife.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Small Tree
- Deciduous
- Tolerates dry sites
- Container Grown
Prunus lusitanica - Straights (POT grown))
Portuguese laurel - Straights Ht 8-12m
Broadly spreading, evergreen. Dark green shiny leaves 6-12cm long. Twigs red. Small white flowers on 25cm spreading racemes. Red to black cherries in Feb/Mar. Good screening tree and popular hedging plant. Cold hardy, tolerates lime.
PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS: Handle promptly on arrival DO NOT let the roots dry out. If potting, press the potting medium firmly around each plant. Water after potting and regularly for 10 days. especially during dry windy weather. Put under shadecloth if possible. If planting in the open, really firm the soil around each plant using your heel, then water fairly regularly until established. STRAIGHTS SUITABLE FOR STANDARDS.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Small Tree
- Evergreen
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Attracts bees
- Edible fruits and seeds
- Shelter
- Container Grown
Eucalyptus coccifera (PLUG grown)
Tasmanian snow gum Ht 10-15m
Small to medium evergreen tree, a sub-alpine species endemic to Southern and central Tasmania, with peeling grey and white bark, white flowers Dec. to Feb. High tolerance to frost, exposure and drought occurring at 800-1300m, needing good drainage. Coppices after fire. For shelter and screening. Recommend planting in early Spring after chance of frosts.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
Prumnopitys taxifolia (POT grown)
Matai Ht 25m
Broadly columnar, evergreen. Juvenile divaricating form with scattered thin brown leaves. Adult form develops above with yew-like foliage. Bark falls off in rounded patches. Moist fertile sites. Highly prized hard stable timber. Kereru eat the fruit.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Large tree
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Tolerates shade
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Timber
- Container Grown
Brachyglottis compacta POT grown
Castlepoint daisy Ht 1m
Bushy grey-green stout branched compact shrub. Leaves leathery 2-4cm long, dark green, white beneath, margins upcurved, wavy. Flowers daisy-like furry with yellow radiating petals in single or small clusters Jan & Feb.
Naturally uncommon. Growing on limestone cliffs around Castlepoint, Wairarapa. Withstands strong, drying and salt laden winds, an attractive shrub.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Shrub
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attracts bees
- Container Grown
- Tolerates limestone soils
Fagus sylvatica (PLUG grown)
European beech Ht 30-40m
Broadly spreading, deciduous. Grown for timber in Europe and widely used for hedging. Clips well. Light green in spring, golden copper in autumn and brown leaves retained all winter. Apply a heavy dressing of lime on clay soils. HEDGE spacing 40-60cm
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Large tree
- Deciduous
- Tolerates shade
- Attractive autumn colours - yellow
- Attractive autumn colours - orange
- Attractive autumn colours - brown
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Edible fruits and seeds
- Timber
- Shelter
- Container Grown
- Hedging
- Tolerates limestone soils
Fraxinus nigra (PLUG grown)
Black ash Ht 12-18m
Eastern Canada & NE USA, growing in swampy soils. Autumn colours yellow or purple, leaves falling early. Threatened in the wild by the introduced Asian emerald ash borer. Timber is used for basket making and musical instruments. Rare in NZ.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Deciduous
- Tolerates wet sites
- Attractive autumn colours - yellow
- Attractive autumn colours - purple
- Timber
- Container Grown
Prumnopitys andina (POT grown)
Chilean plum yew Ht 10-20m
South & Central Chile in Andean valleys with 2000 to 3000mm
rainfall and hot dry summers. Well drained volcanic soils. Dense broadly columnar evergreen crowns with yew-like foliage, female trees produce delicious edible green grape-like fruits ripening to yellow. Related to matai, kereru love them.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Small Tree
- Evergreen
- Intolerant to clay soils
- Tolerates shade
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Edible fruits and seeds
- Container Grown
Abies vejarii (PLUG grown)
Vejar silver fir Ht 30-40m
Tamaulipa Province, Mexico, only found on 500 hectares. Narrowly conical, evergreen. Blueish green needles. Vigorous growth, two specimens are the tallest trees in our 35-year-old collection. Large volume timber production. Good near Fairlie
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Large tree
- Evergreen
- Tolerates shade
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Timber
- Container Grown
Pennantia corymbosa (PLUG grown)
Kaikomako Ht 6-8m
Small evergreen tree of lowland forest margins. Juvenile foliage looks like the webbed feet of a duck. At 2 metres the leaves take on a different colour, size and shape. Clusters of black fruits ripen February/March attractive to birds, especially the bellbird.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Small Tree
- Evergreen
- Attractive to birds
- Container Grown
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