Sophora godleyi (PLUG 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
Quercus mexicana (PLUG grown)
Mexican red oak
Broadly spreading, evergreen, shedding old leaves after new leaves emerge. Hybrids complicate identification of this evolving population of oaks.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Evergreen
- Container Grown
Quercus ilex (PLUG 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 calophylla (PLUG grown)
Mexican poplar oak Ht to 25m
Evergreen with colouring foliage in Spring. Thick leathery leaves in wet mountain forests. Timber is soft hence the name poplar oak. (previously called Q. candicans).
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Evergreen
- Timber
- Container Grown
Pseudopanax ferox (PLUG grown)
Horoeka or Lancewood - toothed Ht 6m
Bushy topped with short stout branches as an adult tree, evergreen. Lance-like juvenile form with downward pointing stiff saw-tooth leaves.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Small Tree
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Tolerates shade
- Attractive to birds
- Attracts bees
- Container Grown
Pinus canariensis (PLUG grown)
Canary Island pine Ht 20-30m
Narrowly conical, broadening with age, evergreen. Suited to drier, hotter parts of NZ. Tolerant of exposure, ideal shape for shelterbelts. Can survive fire, re-sprouting from the thick bark. Resinous heartwood.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Large tree
- Evergreen
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Tolerates dry sites
- Timber
- Shelter
- 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
Hedycarya arborea (PLUG grown)
Pigeonwood / Porokaiwhiri
Pigeonwood is a small native tree that thrives in lowland forests of both North and South Islands. A great small evergreen tree that produces bright red berries that are eaten by the Kereru.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Small Tree
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Container Grown
Thuja occidentalis 'Pyramidalis' (POT grown)
Upright Eastern Cedar Ht 8m
An upright Thuja that has been used in landscaping for a long time. Very tidy narrowly conical habit.Foliage turns a bronzey colour in cold winters. Planting spacing for dense hedge 50-75cm
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Small Tree
- Evergreen
- Container Grown
Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd' (POT grown)
Emerald cedar Ht 3-4m
Compact upright conifer tapering from the top. Foliage arranged in a vertical plane, bright green summer and
winter. Clone originated in Denmark. Popular for formal screening. Planting spacing for dense hedge 50-75cm
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
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