Recommended Books
A practical field guide to New Zealand's native edible plants. Andrew Crowe Gardener's Encyclopaedia of NZ Native Plants by Cave, Paddison Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand by Poole and Adams High Altitude Mountain Daisies (Celmisia Semicordata), Mt Cook NP, Canterbury, New Zealand McCormack, Gareth 18 in. x 24 in. Buy this Photographic Print at AllPosters.com | NZ native plants for use in landscaping and gardens.
There are hundreds of New Zealand plants that are suitable for landscaping the ornamental garden. The feature the gardener finds useful is usually leaf shape and flower structure. Below is a list of plants that Bushmansfriend recommends. The particular growing requirements depend on where in the country the plants are to be grown, the tastes of the gardener and the requirements of the site or garden plan. For help and guidance contact an experienced landscaping firm or gardener.
Ground covers or plants less than 1 metre tall Pratia angulata Fuschia procumbens Coprosma rhamnioides Cordyline pumilio Metrosideros fulgens Arthropodium cirratum Elatostema rugosa damp spots only Blechnum capense Blechnum discolour Carex spp. Phormium cookianum Hebe diosmifolia and varieties Chinocloa flavescens Libertia perigrinans Scleranthus biflorus Doodia media
Coastal gardens shrubs or small trees Myoporum laetum Pseudopanax lessonii Parsonia bruoniana Coprosma repens Coprosma lucida Hebe speciosa and varieties Hedycarya arborea Melicope ternata
Alseuosmia banksii or macrophylla Grisilinea lucida Hoheria populnea
Sheltered gardens shrubs or small trees Pseudopanax laetus Brachyglottis repana Macropiper excelsa Hebe stricta and varieties Melicytus macrophyllus Pseudopanax crassifolius Lophomyrtus bullata Melicope simplex
Coastal specimen trees Metrosideros excelsa Entelea arborescens Meryta sinclarii Pittosporum umbellatum Planchonella costata
General trees Ackama rosaefolia Alectryon excelsa Aristotelia serrata Vitex lucens Toronea toru Cordyline australis Pittosporum eugenoides Sophora microphylla
Climbers Clematis paniculata Tecomanthe speciosa
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