Sophora microphylla (POT grown)
Kowhai - South Island Ht 5-25m
Can grow to 25m usually a single trunk, branches weeping and spreading. Adult leaflets 30-50, not crowded or overlapping, of similar size, with an obvious petiolule, moderately to sparcely hairy, hairs straight and appressed. Leaves >30mm, leaflet pairs >6. Juveniles divaricating and interlacing branching. Can be deciduous in a cold climate. To 7 Yellow flowers in a bunch in Spring attract tuis and bellbirds, pigeons feed on the leaves.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Small Tree
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- 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
- Container Grown
Sophora longicarinata (POT grown)
Kowhai - Golden Bay Ht 4-5m
Endemic to marble and limestone soils in NW Nelson & W Marlborough. Tree with single straight trunk or a multi-stemmed shrub. Leaves 140mm with 35-54 small equal-sized leaflets, much finer and less dense than other kowhai. Flowers
lemon-yellow Oct-Jan. No divaricating juvenile stage.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Small Tree
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Attracts bees
- Container Grown
Sophora howinsula (POT grown)
Lord Howe Is. kowhai (syn.'Gnome') Ht 3-4m
Native to Lord Howe Island, part of the largely submerged Zealandia, on which NZ sits. Small stocky evergreen tree with a lignotuber at ground level. Pinnate leaves 5-10cm long larger than S. tetraptera. Larger yellow flowers July to Sept. 7-12cm pods contain smooth orange-brown seeds. Wood is hard and durable.
vergreen, with upright vase shaped slightly arching branches.
Larger leaves and much larger flowers. Hardy, slower than most kowhai. Suitable for a small garden. Known by the name 'Gnome'.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Shrub
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Attracts bees
- Container Grown
Sophora godleyi (POT grown)
Kowhai - Rangitikei Ht 5-15m
Restricted to the central North Is., usually 1 trunk, foliage appearance grey-green with long pendulous branches. Branchlets densely pubescent, becoming glabrous with age. Adult leaves to 170mm long, petioles and rachides channelled above, Leaflets 47-75 becoming smaller near leaftip, can be crowded but not overlapping. Up to 7 yellow flowerrs Oct - Dec.
Pods 60-120mm long with up to 11 yellow seeds.
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
Sequoia sempervirens 1/1 (Transplants)
Californian redwood Ht 35-45m
Taller, stronger stock for sheltered sites with vigorous weed growth. This stock undamaged by -10C in our Wakefield nursery. On new land mix with larch, Douglas fir or cypress to inoculate with mycorrhiza. Valuable timber when pruned. Cut stumps re-sprout.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Large tree
- Evergreen
- Tolerates wet sites
- Tolerates dry sites
- Timber
- Forestry species
Sequoia sempervirens - Korbel (Open Ground grown)
Californian redwood-Christmas tree clone Ht 20-30m
Californian clone selected from a branch sport off a 600-year-old by Bill Libby. Narrow conical form, short frequent branches. Potential for shelterbelts and Xmas trees. Regrows vigorously from cut stumps, you only plant once!
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Evergreen
- Christmas Trees
- Shelter
- Hedging
Sciadopitys verticillata (POT grown)
Umbrella pine Ht 8-15m
Narrowly conical, slow growing evergreen, a relic from millions of years ago with fossils in Europe. Narrow linear green leaves arranged like the spokes of an umbrella. Needs a free draining lime-free fertile soil. Three years old.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Small Tree
- Evergreen
- Container Grown
Quercus ilex (POT grown)
Holm oak Ht 15-25m
Mediterranean. Broadly spreading, dense, evergreen crown with dark green leathery leaves. Tolerates heat, drought, exposure & salt spray in coastal areas. Timber hard and durable. Clips for a hedge.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Evergreen
- Resistant to salt spray
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Timber
- Erosion control
- Shelter
- Container Grown
- Hedging
- Tolerates limestone soils
Quercus germana
Mexican royal oak
An evergreen red oak from the mountain cloud forest zone. Large
acorn almost enclosed by the cup. Another rare oak worthy of a trial.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
Quercus crispipilis (PLUG grown)
Mexican oak - red oak group Ht 15-27m
Far south of Mexico in cloud forest and in humid oak-pine forest from 750-2700m altitide. Regenerates naturally after shifting cultivation Broadly spreading, evergreen. Medium sized, oblong, un-toothed leaves, gradually turning yellow before spring. Promising growth in NZ.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Evergreen
- Container Grown
- Tolerates pumice soils
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