Woodleigh Native Plants

Woodleigh Native Plants

All prices inclusive GST

Dysoxylum spectabile flowers

Chinochloa rubra

Asplenium bulbiferum

Elatostema rugosum

Native shrubs and smaller growing trees for landscaping, shelter and re-vegetation:  $6 – $8 inc GST unless otherwise priced.

• Alectryon excelsa – Titoki – a handsome spreading tree, common in coastal and lowland North Island forests. 10m
• Anemanthele lessoniana – Gossamer grass – Forms a large fine-leaved tussock with feathery flower heads. 1m
• Asplenium bulbiferum – Hen & chicken fern – Popular as an indoor plant or outdoors in a shady location.  The finely cut, fresh green fronds create a sub-tropical look.   Forms a fantastic groundcover. 1m. $10
• Aristotelia serrata – Wineberry / Makomako – fast-growing small tree, great revegetation plant.  Berries. 8m
• Arthropodium candidum – Small renga lily – Green / bronze foliage with masses of delicate white flowers from spring to summer. Deciduous. $10
• Arthropodium Matapouri Bay – Rengarenga  Lily – A popular, reliable form with broad, arching, blue-green leaves.  Masses of star-like white flowers appear from late spring. 0.5m
• Beilschmedia tawa – Tawa – the dominant canopy tree of lowland forest throughout much of the North Island and the NE of the South Island.  A popular food source for the kereru.  30m+
• Blechnum discolor – Crown fern – A native fern from dry lowland forest. Forms a short woody trunk upto 30cm. Attractive groundcover for shady places. $10
• Blechnum penna-marina – Native fern. Low-growing, hardy ground cover. Creeping rhizomes, fairly fast growing. Sun and cold hardy. 20cm
• Carpodetus serrata – Marble leaf / Putaputaweta
• Chinochloa rubra – Red tussock – The best of the big grasses. Looks fantastic shimmering in the sun / wind. Tolerant of both dry & wet conditions. 1m.
• Collospermum hastatum – Kahakaha – A nest epiphyte commonly found in tree canopies in coastal and lowland areas, however will also grow in well drained situations such as at the base of a tree or in a retaining wall . A striking plant, forming a clump 1 – 1.5m diameter. Autumn flowering.
• Coprosma grandifolia – Kanono – Large leaved coprosma.   Shade tolerant, a great understorey plant. Big orange berries. – Available autumn
• Cordyline australis – Cabbage Tree – Structural, iconic NZ plant.  Tough green flax-like leaves, masses of small, white, scented flowers, berries. Wind and coastal hardy. 8m
• Corynocarpus laevigatus  – Karaka – Coastal, wind hardy tree. Large glossy green leaves, orange fruit. 12m
• Cyathea dealbata – Silver fern – The NZ silver fern.  Green fronds with a silver coloured reverse.  Easy to grow.  Likes drier soils, either full sun or part shade. 8m $14
• Dacrycarpus dacrydioides – Kahikatea – a common, tall growing conifer tree.  Does not mind growing in swampy sites.  Fruit poplar with birds. 50m.
• Dodonaea viscosa Purpurea – Akeake – small tree or large shrub.  Coastal and wind hardy. 5m
• Dysoxylum spectabile – Kohekohe –  A tropical looking tree, common in warmer coastal areas. Large leathery leaves, flowers produced on the trunks and branches. 15m. $10
• Elatostema rugosum – Parataniwha / NZ Begonia – A native, herbaceous groundcover for damp, shaded areas. Bronze-green leaves. Sun and shade tolerant. 50cm. $9
• Fuchsia excorticata – NZ fuchsia / Kotukutuku – considered the world’s largest fuchsia. A native NZ tree growing to approx 15m tall, deciduous. Flowers change from greenish-yellow to purple and red, appear from August to December and are popular with our native birds. Commonly grows long streamsides, and rivers.
• Griselinia littoralis – Broadleaf – Glossy green leaves, popular hedging plant.  Coastal and wind hardy. 5m
• Griselinia lucida – Puka –  a tropical looking small tree / large shrub with thick, oval, glossy green leaves. Grows naturally as an epiphyte in coastal and lowland forest. 5m.  $25 (strong bushy plants in 10 litre pots)
• Hedycarya arborea  – Pigeonwood / Porokaiwhiri – A small forest tree with attractive glossy, dark green leaves. The orange-red berries are a favourite of the native wood pigeon (kereru). 15m
• Hoheria sextylosa – Long-leaf lacebark –  Vigorous, fast growing; leaves are longer and narrower, with a more drooping form than H.populnea.  White scented flowers.
• Knightia excelsa – Rewarewa / NZ Honeysuckle – A tall structural tree.  Both the flowers and fruit popular with bees and native birds.  Attractive red protea flowers.
• Libertia ixioides – NZ Iris / Mikoikoi – A perennial with lovely white iris-like flowers late spring. Clumping form. Bronze / orange coloured strappy leaves. 40cm
• Laurelia novae-zelandiae – Pukatea – a tree commonly found growing in wet places.  Shiny dark green leaves.  Reminds me of a ‘Dr Seuss’ type tree.   35m.
• Melicytus ramiflorus – Mahoe / whiteywood – a small tree, very common in lowland forests. Flowers and fruit are a valuable food source for birds and bees. 10m
• Meryta sinclairii – Puka – A tropical looking small tree growing upto 8m tall. Leaves are large, glossy, thick and leathery.  Occurs naturally on the Three Kings Islands, suitable for warmer parts of New Zealand.
• Myrsine australis – Mapou – Large growing shrub with black berries, popular with birds.  Good bush margin / revegetation plant.
• Nestegis lanceolata – White marie – an attractive specimen tree with dark green leaves, tidy form, and berries that are enjoyed by our native birds. 15m
• Phormium cookianum – Mountain flax / wharariki – Glossy green strap-like leaves, with drooping form.  Spikes of nectar filled flowers loved by tui and kereru.  Wind and drought hardy.
• Phormium tenax – NZ flax / Harakeke – tall, erect strap-like leaves upto 2m in length, forms a large clump. Flowers on tall spikes, loved by tui, kereru, and other native birds. Wind, drought, cold hardy.
• Pittosporum crassifolium – Karo – Wind and coastal hardy small tree with thick green leaves. 6m
• Pittosporum eugenioides – Lemonwood / Tarata – Fast growing small tree, with pale green / yellow, lemon scented leaves. Good shelter, or revege plant. Cold hardy. 10m
• Pittosporum tenuifolium   – Kohuhu – Fast growing small tree with small wavy green leaves. Common shelter plant. 6m
• Plagianthus regius  – Ribbonwood / Manatu – Semi-deciduous, upright growing small tree.  As a young tree it has small leaves and a divaricating habit, as it matures the leaves become birch-like. Hardy to wind and cold.  10m
• Podocarpus totara  – Totara – iconic tall growing tree.  Fairly slow growing, hardy with prickly green leaves. 30m
• Prumnopitys ferruginea – Miro – One of our native conifer trees.  It forms a lovely specimen, with tidy, ferny green foliage.  Slow growing.  The red berry-like fruits are favoured by the kereru.
• Pseudopanax arboreus – Five finger / Puahou – Hardy, fast growing. and broad spreading.  5m
• Pseudopanax lessonii – Five finger – glossy leaves of various  leaf shapes and colours.
• Ptisana salicina – King Fern – The impressive native King fern. With its bold glossy green fronds, and grand stature, it makes a real statement in the garden. $20
• Rhopalostylis sapida – Nikau – NZ’s only native palm tree. 10m $15 & 25
• Syzygium maire – Swamp maire / Maire Tawake – A native tree once common in wetlands and swamps through out New Zealand. Evergreen. White pohutukawa like flowers followed by bright red edible berries, great for both bees and birds. 10m.
• Weinmannia racemosa – Kamahi – A medium sized tree, common in the lowland, montane and sub-alpine regions from Central North Island to Stewart Island. Creamy-white flowers in summer, favourite of the bees. Fairly slow growing. 15m+. $10
• Vitex lucens   – Puriri – Large spreading canopy tree with glossy green leaves, pink flowers and red fruits.  A valuable source of food for birds throughout the year.

Janica and Quin Amoore Woodleigh Nursery 300 Mountain Road RD 3 New Plymouth 4373
Tel 06 752 0830 | Cell 021 072 7394 (phone or text) | Email janica@woodleigh.co.nz