Used widely as ground cover for dry shade and under trees. Forms large clumps of broad, medium green, arching foliage. Graceful sprays of white star shaped flowers from spring to mid-summer. Tolerates coastal winds. Very Hardy.

Growth Rate: Medium

Height after 5 years: 0.6m

Height when mature: 0.6m

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Arching green or bronze fine-leaved tussock from the mountains. Densely tufted. Needs adequate moisture. Shade tolerant. Evergreen. Hardy to both wind and frost.

Growth Rate: Rapid

Height after 5 years: 1m

Height when mature: 1m

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Carex geminata is a hardy, NZ native grass featuring slender, green foliage and an amazing ability to grow in wet areas. The fresh green foliage has a graceful arch and sharp edge. Tolerant of flooding. Frost and wind tolerant.

Growth Rate: Medium

Height after 5 years: 1m

Height when mature: 1m

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Carex Secta, Pukio and also known as Purei, is the most glorious sedge with its fine leaves and arching form. Its the only sedge to grow a trunk so it can cope with fluctuating water levels. Plant just by streams sides and wetland edges in the wettest sites. Great bird habitat and its seeds are the best duck food. Handsome year round.

Growth Rate: Rapid, Very Rapid

Height after 5 years: 1.5m

Height when mature: 1.5m

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Swamp Sedge

A vigorous sedge suitable for swamps, drain margins, seepages and wet pastures. A successful colonising plant, used for wetland planting and revegetation. Suitable for conditions which may vary periodically from very wet to very dry. More dry tolerant and shorter than C. secta. Evergreen. Hardy.

1m x 0.5m

Growth Rate: Rapid

Height after 5 years: 1m

Height when mature: 1m

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Clump forming ornamental grass with coppery bronze leaves. Stiff habit. Tips of leaves appear bleached and distinctively curled. Tolerates most soil conditions and dry areas. Frost Hardy.

rowth Rate: Rapid

Height after 5 years: 0.6m

Height when mature: 0.6m

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An attractive sedge with rich-gold and brick-orange foliage. Best color in full sun. Handsome at all times of the year. Evergreen. Hardy to drought, coastal conditions and cold.

Growth Rate: Rapid

Height after 5 years: 0.6m

Height when mature: 0.6m

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New Zealand Grass/Sedge

Small grass with arching green foliage. Good for edges of borders. Requires good drainage. Very wind tolerant. Evergreen. Hardy.

Growth Rate: Rapid

Height after 5 years: 0.5m

Height when mature: 0.5m

Growth Rate: Rapid

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New Zealand Grass/Sedge

Small sedge with arching bronze foliage. Good for edges of borders. Requires good drainage. Very wind tolerant. Evergreen. Hardy.

Growth Rate: Rapid

Height after 5 years: 0.5m

Height when mature: 0.5m

Growth Rate: Rapid

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Purple Bidibidi

This easy-to-grow groundcover forms a dense carpet of plum-purple fern-like leaves. Unlike other Acaena, the inconspicuous brown seedheads don’t bear barbs or spines. Best in a sunny well-drained position. Evergreen. Hardy.

Growth Rate: Medium, Rapid

Height after 5 years: 0.2m

Height when mature: 0.2m

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Oioi

An attractive wetland reed with fine grey-green leaves and brownish bracts at the joints. Popular structural landscaping plant. A great option for mass planting on wet or coastal sites, growing in extremes of wind and salt. Can also tolerate some dry. Evergreen. Hardy.

Growth Rate: Medium, Slow

Height after 5 years: 1m

Height when mature: 1m

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Silver Tussock

Fast-growing, densely tufted, tawny-green tussock. Very fine foliage with feathery flower heads in summer. Looks great in mass plantings, especially on dry, exposed sites. Can handle poor soils. Evergreen. Hardy.

0.7m x 0.8m

Growth Rate: Rapid

Height after 5 years: 0.7m

Height when mature: 0.7m

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Shrubby Tororaro

This plant is extremely hardy, tolerating dry conditions and wind. Popular landscaping plant, providing great contrast. Attracts insects and lizards. Hardy.

1m x 1m

Growth Rate: Medium

Height after 5 years: 1m

Height when mature: 1m

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Tūrutu

Highly attractive flax-like plant with showy purple or white berries on long stems in summer through to autumn. Prefers moist shade, however is surprisingly tolerant of both dry and sun. A worthy native alternative to Australian Dianella cultivars. Hardy.

0.5m x 0.5m

Growth Rate: Medium

Height after 5 years: 0.5m

Height when mature: 0.5m

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Mingimingi

A large, tough shrub with interlaced foliage. Laden with fruit that changes from white to dark blue. Good low shelter in a mixed native planting. Important food source for native birds. Tolerates wet soils. Hardy.

5m x 2.5m

Growth Rate: Medium, Rapid

Height after 5 years: 2m

Height when mature: 5m

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1.3Ltr - $3.50

NZ Toe Toe

A fast-growing, coarse, green, large tussock that is larger than A. richardii, so provides more shelter. Top choice for single row farm shelterbelts. Grows on a wide range of sites but best in wet soils. Attractive creamy flower plumes in January. Hardy. Evergreen.

3m x 2m

Growth Rate: Rapid

Height after 5 years: 3m

Height when mature: 3m

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Dwarf Toe Toe

A striking large tussock with flowing green foliage and weeping flower-heads in summer. Great planted en-masse on a sunny, free-draining site. Seed from February-April. Evergreen. Hardy to cold & exposure.

1.2m x 1.5m

Growth Rate: Medium

Height after 5 years: 0.8m

Height when mature: 1.2m

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Red Tussock

Large, distinctive red-tinged tussock. Flowing form is impressive in exposed windy sites. Tolerates damp and infertile soils, does best in cooler sites. Attractive seedheads borne from February to April. Hardy.

1m x 1.2m

Growth Rate: Medium

Height after 5 years: 1m

Height when mature: 1m

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Wind Grass / Hunangāmoho / Gossamer Grass

A graceful tussock-type grass with feathery flowerheads and arching copper-tinged foliage. Vigorous and tall, flowing in the slightest breeze. Impressive mass planted in full sun, or equally at home in semi-shade under trees. Hardy.

1m x 1m

Growth Rate: Medium, Rapid

Height after 5 years: 1m

Height when mature: 1m

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Hebe Napuka - Purple

Low growing shrub bearing pairs of oval dark green glossy leathery leaves and spikes of magenta flowers inhabiting coastal areas between the Marlborough Sounds and Northland. Leaves to 100mm long by 51mm wide, with fringe of hairs. Leaf bud with small gap at base. Flower spike to 15cm long.

2m x 3m

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A common green rush found throughout New Zealand in coastal areas and estuary margins growing in open, sandy sites. Also known as Scirpus nodosus or Isolepis nodosa. Smooth mid green stems with orange tips,topped with round balls of dark brown flowers. Useful for coastal wetlands or open, sandy sites with some moisture.

Growth rate: Rapid

1m high x 1.5 m wide.

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ebe stricta, commonly called koromiko, it is endemic to New Zealand. Recently Hebe stricta has been reclassified and the botanical name has changed to Veronica stricta.

A hebe found throughout the North Island with long pale green leaves and tiny white flowers in summer into a dense inflourences longer than the leaves . The koromiko is a hardy plant and does not tolerate shade. Full sun only and prefers open habitats on edge of bush and wetlands as it tolerates wet areas

The young leaves and shoots were eaten to control Diarrhoea and dysentery. It is a pioneer plant useful to plant as a nurse crop for revegetation planting.

Hardy shrub growing 2m high by 1m wide. Tolerates windy coastal conditions.

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Giant Umbrella Sedge

A vigorous sharp-edged swamp grass forming large thick clumps. It is primarily used for wetland revegetation and environmental remediation. The flowering stems can reach over 1.2m in height. Evergreen. Hardy.

1m x 1m

Growth Rate: Rapid

Height after 5 years: 1m

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Carex Dissita is an arching grass with wide ribbed bright green leaves. It likes growing in dark and damp places such as the edges of bush streams, forests, or swampy areas. Commonly used in revegetation plantings.

Height and width typically 50cm.

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Wild Iris

Hardy evergreen with tough grass-like leaves and delightfully beautiful flat iris-like white flowers, with a splash of light purple in the centre. Blooms in succession through spring and summer. full Sun, in fertile free draining soil. Requires little care, low maintainance. Water after planting and occassionally over particularly dry summers.

Position full sun to part shade. Fertile, moist, free draining soil.

Grows 0.75 x 0.75m

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An iconic New Zealand Tree. Attractive En-masse, in mixed plantings or as a specimen. Multi-trunked with tuffs of green foliage and sweetly scented flowers. Grows just about anywhere expect the coldest regions of NZ. Fruit attracts birds from Jan-April. Produces nectar for bees from November. Evergreen. Hardy.

Growth Rate: Medium, Rapid

Height after 5 years: 4m

Height when mature: 10m

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Slightly waved oblong leaves. Neat grower with slender erect stems. Excellent establishment tree for natives. Makes a tidy hedge or good small tree where space is limited. Responds well to pruning. Best in full sun or part shade in moderatley fertile, light well drained soil. Hardy.

Growth Rate: Medium, Rapid

Height after 5 years: 4m

Height when mature: 7m

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Fast growing tree with small, scented leaves and single white flowers. Attractive to bees, being the nectar source for the highly valued Manuka honey. Fantastic nurse crop for native revegetation. Thrives on moist sites. Evergreen. Avoid heavy frosts.

Growth Rate: Medium, Rapid

Height after 5 years: 2m

Height when mature: 4m

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Handsome, small, round-headed tree with smooth, dark five-fingered green leaflets. Conspicuous purple-black fruit from February-March is attractive to birds and bees. Tolerates wind however does best under a shady canopy. Evergreen. Hardy.

Growth Rate: Medium

Height after 5 years: 3m

Height when mature: 6m

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Small leguminous tree with attractive fern-like foliage. Tangled juvenile stage leads to a stately adult tree. Flowers profusely from September-November. Nectar attractive to birds. Semi-deciduous. Hardy to cold and wind.

Growth Rate: Medium

Height after 5 years: 3m

Height when mature: 8m

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Small tree with small narrow scented leaves. Attractive loose papery bark. Showy white flowers. Colonizer of dry exposed ground. An important revegetation species. Attractive to bees. Evergreen. Moderately frost tolerant.

Growth Rate: Medium

Height after 5 years: 3m

Height when mature: 8m

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Slightly waved oblong leaves. Neat grower with slender erect stems and dense red purple foliage. Excellent establishment tree for natives. Makes a tidy hedge or good small tree where space is limited. Responds well to pruning. Best in full sun or part shade in moderately fertile, light well drained soil. Hardy.

Growth Rate: Rapid

Height after 5 years: 4m

Height when mature: 6m

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NZ Karo

A small, densely-foliaged bush or small tree. Excellent on the coast. Responds well to trimming. Excellent for growing under tall deciduous trees. Dark-red flowers and grey/green leaves. Nectar from November-December. Fruit/seeds from February-June. Evergreen. Frost-tender when young.

5m x 3m

Growth Rate: Rapid

Height after 5 years: 3m

Height when mature: 5m

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Quick-growing shelter, revegetation or hedging tree. Highly scented flowers. Long, light-green glossy leaves. Makes one of the most attractive hedges. Attractive to bees. Evergreen. Frost-tender when young.

12m x 3m

Growth Rate: Rapid

Height after 5 years: 3m

Height when mature: 12m

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A large shrub or small tree with attractive dense foliage and scented flowers. Hedges well for lower-tier farm shelter or suburban privacy screening. Excellent revegetation species. Tolerates wind, drought, frost and coastal conditions. Attractive to bees. Evergreen. Very frost hardy.

6m x 3m

Growth Rate: Medium

Height after 5 years: 3m

Height when mature: 6m

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Karamu

A fast-growing shelter, hedging and nurse plant. Competes well with gorse. Laden with bright orange fruit/seeds January-July. Great for attracting birds. Shade tolerant. Suits low-frost sites. Evergreen.

5m x 4m

Growth Rate: Medium

Height after 5 years: 3m

Height when mature: 5m

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Mohoe / Whiteywood

Small tree with attractive foliage and berries from February-May. Whitish bark. Specimen or shade tree. Common in open bush and bush margins. Nectar in December. Evergreen. Avoid heavy frosts when young.

Growth Rate: Medium

Height after 5 years: 3m

Height when mature: 8m

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Taupata

A large coastal shrub/small tree with broad glossy, dark-green leaves. Showy clusters of orange/red fruit from January-March are great for attracting birds. Fine on coast. Hedges well. Shade tolerant. Evergreen. Frost tender when young.

Growth Rate: Medium

Height after 5 years: 3m

Height when mature: 5m

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Kahikatea / White Pine

The tallest growing native tree, featuring handsome mature foliage and attractive buttressed roots. Best planted in moist to wet situations. The main tree species in Riccarton Bush. Edible fruit/seed from February to April is attractive to birds. Evergreen. Intolerant of heavy frosts.

Growth Rate: Slow

Height after 5 years: 3m

Height when mature: 50m

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Drooping, twisted seed pods and shiny-green, wide, weeping leaves. Large root system is good for erosion control on banks and bunds. Smaller then P. tenax. Fruit/seeds from January-March. Nectar from November-January. Evergreen. Tolerant of dry, cold and exposure.

Growth Rate: Rapid

Height after 5 years: 1.5m

Height when mature: 1.5m

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A large common flax forming robust clumps of broad, green leaves. Great material for weaving and fibre. Tolerant of a wide range of sites including swampy and coastal. Excellent low shelter and erosion control. Seeds from January-March and nectar from December-January are very attractive to birds and bees. Evergreen. Very hardy

Growth Rate: Rapid

Height after 5 years: 2m

Height when mature: 3m

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Dwarf Mountain Flax

A compact, upright flax with narrow emerald-green leaves forming a small bushy clump. Much smaller than P. cookianum, so better for use in a home garden. Ideal for border group plantings or in containers. Grows well in most well-drained positions. Evergreen. Hardy.

0.8m x 0.8m

Growth Rate: Medium

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Red/purple foliaged seedling form of P. tenax, so there is some attractive variation between plants. Generally smaller in stature than the green form. A strong-growing flax forming a red/purple clump. Plant next to shrubs with lighter colouring for best effect. Evergreen. Hardy.

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Sword-like foliage, olive-green and chocolate-brown central stripe. Grows well in either full sun or partial shade with free draining soil. Hardy.

Growth Rate: Medium

Height after 5 years: 1m

Height when mature: 1m

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