New Zealand Native Pictures

Native New Zealand plants are well known for their interesting foliage. There are beautiful flax and cordyline hybrids for gardeners who are spike crazy. Hebes, Coprosmas and Corokias come in all sizes and colours, and are always welcome in mixed plantings. Tussocks shine in the sun and move in the wind (which New Zealand gets a lot of!).

Pepper Tree...
Mon 8th Dec 2003
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The leaves of the New Zealand native Pepper Tree can be used for making a cup of bush tea. Each has its own unique colouration.

Yellow Flowering Senecio...
Mon 8th Dec 2003
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This is a mid-summer yellow flowering shrub with soft grey foliage. It grows without complaint, and seems to recover from the hardest pruning sessions (inflicted whenever the gardener remembers).

Cabbage Tree in Flower...
Sun 7th Dec 2003
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In early summer the green species cordylines (affectionately known as cabbage trees) build the hugest flower heads. Here is a close up of one.

Cream and Green Variegated Corokia...
Thu 4th Dec 2003
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This Corokia is one of the most beautiful variegated evergreen shrubs that I have in the garden. It stays compact and relatively small, and I think it would make a rather nice hedge.

Purple Flowering Hebe...
Thu 4th Dec 2003
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This Hebe with soft purple flowers blooms in December, and is one of the toughest shrubs in the garden. It has survived chopping down to ground level, yet always seems to reform itself.

Renga Renga Flowering...
Wed 3rd Dec 2003
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The New Zealand native Renga Renga is a great landscaping plant, and has creamy white flowers in late spring.

White Flowering Hebe...
Mon 1st Dec 2003
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This Hebe flowers in mid-summer, and its white flowers are delicately touched with a pale lilac colour. The foliage is always clear green. It will stand being pruned and shaped, and seems to grow well without the help of the garden hose.

Hebe Pinguifolia...
Thu 30th Nov 2000
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The foliage of this hebe is a light bluey green, and its flowers are delicate and white.

Hebe in Flower...
Tue 28th Nov 2000
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This is a flower from the Hebe hedge which grows in the Native garden by the Dog-Path.