Sophora microphylla (PLUG grown) Small leaved kowhai Ht 5-25m
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 / Cold hardy (H4) (-10 to -5C)
Can grow to 25m usually a single trunk, branches spreading and weeping. 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 & 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.