Helleborus orientalis dark (POT grown)
Winter rose (dark colours) Ht 50cm
Seed imported from a UK collector, very dark flowers in winter worked by bees. A perennial ground cover for under deciduous trees.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Shrub
- Evergreen
- Tolerates dry sites
- Tolerates shade
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Container Grown
Helleborus orientalis (POT grown)
Winter rose (mixed colours) Ht 50cm
Perennial raised from seed, white or pink flowers in late winter worked by bees. Plant amongst deciduous trees and shrubs.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Shrub
- Evergreen
- Tolerates shade
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Container Grown
Enkianthus campanulata (POT grown)
Redvein Enkianthus Ht 2-3m
Japan. Upright fairly narrow deciduous shrub, with small bell shaped yellowish flowers with red vein pattern in the penduous clusters. Good autumn colours, prefers acid soils.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Shrub
- Deciduous
- Tolerates shade
- Attractive autumn colours - red
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attracts bees
- Container Grown
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
Dianella nigra (PLUG grown)
Turutu or NZ blueberry Ht 40cm
Miniature flax-like foliage and slender fruiting stalks with bright blue berries. Full sun or light shade. Tolerates low fertility clay soils.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Grass - Strap like leaves
- Evergreen
- Tolerates dry sites
- Tolerates shade
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- 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
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
Chionochloa flavicans (PLUG grown)
Toetoe - miniature Ht 60cm-1m
Looks like a miniature toe toe. Flowing green foliage. Drooping greenish flower plumes turn cream then fawny brown. Attractive for months. Full sun or light shade.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Grass - Strap like leaves
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Container Grown
Carex secta (PLUG grown)
Purei or swamp sedge Ht 1m
Large tussock often forming thick trunks to 1m. Requires moist soil conditions. Often seen on lake, pond or stream edges. Attractive yellow-green or golden hue.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Grass - Strap like leaves
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Tolerates wet sites
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Container Grown
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