Liriodendron tulipifera 1/0
Tulip tree (1 YO) Ht 30-40m
American yellow poplar. E USA. Broadly columnar, deciduous. Tulip-like flowers of green and pale orange. Golden yellow autumn leaves. Major timber tree in USA. Wood is light, soft, easily worked, light yellow or brown with many uses. 1 YEAR OLD
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Large tree
- Deciduous
- Attractive autumn colours - yellow
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Attracts bees
- Timber
Liriodendron tulipifera 1/1 & 2/0
Tulip tree (2 yrs old) Ht 30-40m
American yellow poplar. E USA. Broadly columnar, deciduous. Tulip-like flowers of green and pale orange. Golden yellow autumn leaves. Major timber tree in USA. Wood is light, soft, easily worked, light yellow or brown with many uses. 2 YEAR OLD TRANSPLANTS.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Large tree
- Deciduous
- Attractive autumn colours - yellow
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Attracts bees
- Timber
Podocarpus totara 1/1 (OG grown)
Totara (2 yrs old) Ht 25-30m
Broadly conical or spreading when open grown, evergreen. Huge trunks on old trees. Bark peels in long strips. Tiny fruits attract birds. Timber is prized for carving & interior joinery. They coolstore and transplant well. 2 years old.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Large tree
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Tolerates dry sites
- Tolerates shade
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Timber
- Hedging
Cryptomeria japonica 1/0
Japanese cedar (1 yr seedlings) Ht 30-40m
Broadly conical, evergreen. Withstands wind well, including salt laden winds in Westland. Good Kiwifruit shelter where it is trimmed annually to 0.5m width. Suggested spacing 1.5 to 2.5m . Major timber tree in Japan. Less vigorous in colder drier South Island areas. 1 year old.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Large tree
- Evergreen
- Resistant to salt spray
- Tolerates wet sites
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Timber
- Christmas Trees
- Shelter
- Forestry species
- Hedging
Taxodium distichum
Swamp cypress Ht 25-35m
S E & Central USA. Narrowly columnar, deciduous. Soft green foliage turns rich brown in late Autumn. Swamp tolerant but thrives on well drained soils. Timber similar to cypress. Utilise your really wet sites.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Large tree
- Deciduous
- Tolerates wet sites
- Attractive autumn colours - brown
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Timber
Quercus mongolica
Mongolian oak Ht 20-30m
Broadly spreaing, deciduous, autumn leaves showing some red on
the brown. Acorns eaten by sheep and ducks.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Large tree
- Deciduous
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive autumn colours - brown
- Attractive to birds
- Timber
Picea sitchensis 1/1
Sitka spruce (2 yr old) Ht 30-40m
W Nth America. Narrowly conical, evergreen. Grows from sea coast into moist mountains in Oregon and Washington. Good volume production in Westland, logs lighter, bigger loads on trucks. Increased planting taking place. 2nd largest volume producer in USA behind Sequoia. 2 year old.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Large tree
- Evergreen
- Resistant to salt spray
- Tolerates wet sites
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Timber
- Christmas Trees
Vitex lucens (PLUG grown)
Puriri Ht 10-20m
Endemic evergreen tree with spreading crown, pale flaky
bark over knobbly trunk. Pink bell-shaped flowers, loved
by tui and bellbirds, then red fruits loved by kereru. Suited
to warm coastal districts, not frost hardy. We need to dispatch in Autumn.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Medium tree
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Attracts bees
- Timber
- Container Grown
Podocarpus totara (PLUG grown)
Totara Ht 25-30m
Broadly conical or spreading when open grown, evergreen. Huge trunks on old trees. Bark peels in long strips. Tiny fruits attract birds. Timber is prized for carving & interior joinery.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Large tree
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Tolerates dry sites
- Tolerates shade
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Timber
- Container Grown
Fuscospora solandri (syn Nothofagus) (PLUG grown)
Tawairauriki or Black beech Ht 25-27m
Forest canopy tree in lowland dry areas with a dark sooty trunk.Small leathery leaves arranged along the twig, pale underneath, with slightly incurved margins. DNA different from F. cliffortioides, but they readily
hybridise.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Large tree
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Tolerates dry sites
- Tolerates shade
- Timber
- Container Grown
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