Metrosideros excelsa Pohutukawa, New Zealand Christmas tree. A tree of coastal areas, flowers of different shades of reds smoother the tree through early summer. Metrosideros excelsa 'Vibrance' Selected form with brilliant red flowers Bright scarlet flowers with iridescent orange glow. Metrosideros fulgens Found naturally from Northland to Westland. Climber or shrub with orange/red flowers late summer to winter. Prefers good soil in cool area when young. Metrosideros perforata Found from Three Kings Island to Banks Peninsula. White flowering, forms a compact shrub but will climb a wall or bank if encouraged. Ideal for containers. Metrosideros robusta Northern rata found throughout the North Island. Begins life as an epiphyte in the branches of a host tree. Slow growings and can take several years before flowering. Metrosideros umbellata Southern rata Rare in the North Island, found more commonly on the west coast of the South where the rainfall is higher. Muehlenbeckia astonii Found coastal areas of the South Island. Interlacing stemmed shrub growing 1-2.5m, makes ideal hedge. Very hardy. Muehlenbeckia axillaris Found in rocky areas in the South and lower North Island. Great ground cover for harsh sites forming a tight low-lying mat. Muehlenbeckia complexa Pohuehue Vigorous growing coastal groundcover which forms tangled mass. Myoporum laetum Ngaio. Found in coastal areas throughout North and South Island Excellent tree for coastal situations with attractive small white flowers. Ngaio are poisonous to stock. Myoporum laetum var. decumbens Prostrate form of ngaio form the Poor Knights Islands Can grow up to 2m high and nearly spreads as wide. Large fleshy leaves. Myrsine aquilonia Poor Knights Island matipou Attractive small heart shaped leaves. Tolerates most conditions and is ideal very hedging. Myrsine australis Mapou, matipo. Found forests margins throughout New Zealand. Small tree with attractive red stems, grows approx 3m high and is very hardy. Myrsine divaricata Weeping mapou A bushy divaricating/interlacing shrub giving excellent contrast in any garden. Nestiges apetala Coastal maire. Found Whangarei Heads, Bay of Islands and northern offshore islands. Spreading often twisted branches, small olive-like fruit. Very hardy and ideal for coastal areas. Olearia albida var. angulata Tanguru. Fast growing shrub found in coastal areas of the North Island. Grows 3-5m high. Produces abundant white daisy-like flowers. Ideal for coastal hedging. Olearia furfuracea Tree daisy found scrub and forest margins of North Island. Well-branched shrub growing to about 3m high. Produces clusters of attractive daisy-like flowers. Hardy coastal plant. Olearia paniculata Akiraho Found on West Coast from Raglan to Greymouth and East Cape. Shrub growing 2-4m high. Tiny fragrant flowers through autumn. Tolerates coastal conditions. Olearia solandri Coastal shrub found North Cape to upper parts of South Island. Grows 3-4m high. Yellowish stems and narrow yellow leaves. Tolerates coastal conditions, ideal for quick growing hedge. Pachystegia insignis Marlborough rock daisy A plant of rocky areas and cliffs from the coast to inland mountain of Marlborough. Spreading shrub 1m high. Attractive daisy flowers. « 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 »