Sophora microphylla (PLUG grown)
Small leaved kophai Ht 5-25m
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.
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
Magnolia sieboldii
Oyama magnolia Ht 2-3m
Japan and Korea. Broadly spreading, deciduous. The nodding flowers in bud are egg-shaped opening like an inverted wineglass with white petals and red stamens in Nov/Jan. Crimson fruits hang like lanterns.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Shrub
- Deciduous
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Attracts bees
Sophora longicarinata (PLUG grown)
Limestone kowhai 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
Quercus lusitanica (syn Q. baetica)
Lusitanian oak Ht 20-25m
Portugal, Spain & Morocco. Broadly spreading, deciduous, drought tolerant and hardy. Acorns for wildlife and stock.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Deciduous
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive autumn colours - brown
- Attractive to birds
Quercus alba (PLUG grown)
American white oak Ht 30m
Broadly columnar, deciduous. Famous for its quality timber and large size in America. NZ produced 1 year seedlings are still small compared to other oaks. They show signs of producing red autumn colours. Much in demand and rarely available.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Large tree
- Deciduous
- Attractive autumn colours - red
- Attractive autumn colours - brown
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Timber
- Container Grown
Pseudopanax crassifolius (PLUG grown)
Lancewood Ht 10-15m
Broadly spreading as an adult tree, evergreen. Unique juvenile form - lance-like stem 4.5-6m with downward pointing stiff narrow leaves. Adult form and leaves change completely. Shade tolerant.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Small Tree
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Tolerates shade
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Container Grown
Melicytus lanceolatus (PLUG grown)
Narrow-leaved mahoe Ht 5-6m
Small evergreen tree found in wetter areas throughout NZ most frequently at higher, cooler altitudes and in frosty valleys. Leaves are long soft, parallel-sided with many small marginal teeth. Bark is smooth and light brown. Flowers are small in clusters most abundant on woody twigs below the leaves,
yellow for female, purple for males on separate trees, flowering mid-winter to early summer. Fruits 4-6mm dark purple late winter to late summer.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Small Tree
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Tolerates wet sites
- Attractive to birds
- Attracts bees
Cotinus coggygria (PLUG grown)
European smoke bush Ht 2.5-4m
Broadly spreading, deciduous. Fawn coloured, plume-like inflorescences 15-20cm long in profusion in December/January turning smokey grey. Good autumn colours of yellow to red.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Shrub
- Deciduous
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive autumn colours - yellow
- Attractive autumn colours - orange
- Attractive autumn colours - red
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Attracts bees
Morus alba (POT grown)
White mulberry Ht 5-8m
China. Broadly spreading, deciduous. Light green leaves brighten up a brown drought-hit landscape. Fruits, small white turning red, edible but bland, loved by birds. Tolerates dry conditions. Silkworms are raised on the leaves in China.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Small Tree
- Deciduous
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive autumn colours - yellow
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Edible fruits and seeds
- Container Grown
Phormium 'Dark Delight' (POT grown)
Ornamental Purple Flax Ht 1-1.5m
A stunningly dark purple Flax that is very well regarded and very wildly planted as an ornamental throughout NZ. Upright spears of purple-black foliage.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Grass - Strap like leaves
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Tolerates wet sites
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Container Grown
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