Quercus salicifolia (PLUG grown)
Mexican willow-leaf oak
Southern Mexico to Panama. A medium sized evergreen tree with willow-like leaves, without lobes or teeth. Grows in seasonly dry tropical biome, and at Tutira, northern Hawkes Bay. ONLY 10 PLANTS
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Evergreen
- Tolerates dry sites
- Container Grown
Lophozonia menziesii (PLUG grown)
Tawhai or Silver beech Ht 25-30m
An evergreen forest canopy tree from Thames southwrds in the North Island (except Mt Taranaki), & throughout the South Island in lowland to montane forests going into sub-alpine scrub.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Large tree
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Timber
- Container Grown
Tristaniopsis laurina (PLUG grown)
Water gum Ht 4-9m
Native to coastal NSW and along streamsides. Evergreen
with yellow flowers in early summer, attractive to honey
bees. Useful shade and street tree tolerating dry climates.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Small Tree
- Evergreen
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attracts bees
- Container Grown
Libertia formosa (syn chilensis) (PLUG grown)
Chilean iris
Showy white flowers in spring stand out above the erect thin green leaves from a rhizomatous root. RHS Award of Garden Merit.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Grass - Strap like leaves
- Evergreen
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attracts bees
Phormium 'Dark Delight' (POT grown)
Ornamental Purple Flax Ht 1-1.5m
A stunningly dark purple Flax that is very well regarded and very wildly planted as an ornamental throughout NZ. Upright spears of purple-black foliage.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Grass - Strap like leaves
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Tolerates wet sites
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Container Grown
Phormium cookianum purpureum (POT grown)
Harakeke or bronze flax Ht 1.5-2.5m
Broadly spreading, evergreen. Broad drooping bronze-purple blades producing a typical coastal flax form.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Grass - Strap like leaves
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Resistant to salt spray
- Tolerates wet sites
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Attracts bees
- Erosion control
- Shelter
- Container Grown
Phormium cookianum ssp. hookeri (POT grown)
Wharariki or Coastal flax Ht 1.5-2m
Broadly spreading, evergreen. Broad arching green blades, with erect stalked flower heads in spring. The flowers attract birds. The seed pods are long, open twisted & pendulous. Grows on coastal cliffs and hills. Adaptable to many sites.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Grass - Strap like leaves
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Resistant to salt spray
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Attracts bees
- Erosion control
- Shelter
- Container Grown
Phormium cookianum 'Emerald Gem' (POT grown)
Dwarf mountain flax Ht .8m
A compact, upright flax with narrow emerald-green leaves forming a small bushy clump. Much smaller than P. cookianum, so better for use in a home garden. Ideal for border group plantings or in containers. Grows well in most well drained positions. Evergreen. Hardy.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Grass - Strap like leaves
- Evergreen
- Resistant to salt spray
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Attracts bees
- Container Grown
Phormium cookianum ssp. cookianum (POT grown)
Wharariki or Mountain flax Ht 0.6m
Stiffly erect, evergreen leaves with a dark brown stripe on the edge. Very hardy, naturally growing in subalpine areas. Flowers attract birds and bees Suitable for small gardens and low cover on exposed sites.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Grass - Strap like leaves
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Resistant to salt spray
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Attracts bees
- Container Grown
Quercus 'Tutira Mix' (PLUG grown)
3 timber species collection Ht 30m
4 adjacent plots of Quercus affinis, crispipilis & laurina in
the Guthrie Smith Arboretum at Tutira (HB) have produced
vigorous straight trunked evergreen trees. Recently thinned
to develop the crowns and add diameter to the logs. Worthy
of wider planting.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Large tree
- Evergreen
- Tolerates dry sites
- Timber
- Container Grown
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