Browsing items filed under: Tolerates Wind/Exposed × Mazus pumilio Found damp swamp areas in both North and South Island. Vigorus spreading ground cover with attractive bluish flowers in spring and summer. Melicope ternata Wharangi Found coastal areas, small tree with highly fragrant flowers. Melicytus novae-zealandiae Coastal Mahoe Attractive coastal shrub with large leathery leaves Melicytus ramiflorus Whiteywood, mahoe One of our most common trees found in scrub throughout NZ. Distinctive grey/white bark. Metrosideros bartlettii Cape Reinga White flowering large tree of up to 8m in height. Metrosideros carminea Akakura, Climbing Rata Northland climbing Metrosideros preferring semi-shade. 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 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. « 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 »