Browsing items filed under: Partial Shade × Tolerates Wind/Exposed × Moist/damp × Carex secta Purei Found in swampy areas throughout NZ. Carex solandrii Sedge Sedge found in damp areas throughout NZ. Cordyline australis Cabbage tree, ti kouka One of our best known and distinctive trees found throughout the country. Cyathea dealbata Ponga, silver fern Well known symbol of NZ, grows in forests throughout NZ. Dianella nigra New Zealand blueberry Found throughout NZ. Known for its attractive bright blue berries that appear in summer. Lobelia angulata Panakenake Creeping mat-forming plant found throughout New Zealand in damp areas producing delicate white flowers. Mazus pumilio Found damp swamp areas in both North and South Island. Vigorus spreading ground cover with attractive bluish flowers in spring and summer. Metrosideros carminea Akakura, Climbing Rata Northland climbing Metrosideros preferring semi-shade. Metrosideros umbellata Southern rata Rare in the North Island, found more commonly on the west coast of the South where the rainfall is higher. Plagianthus regius Ribbonwood Juvenile tangled foliage matures to beautiful tree Rhopalostylis 'Chathams' Chatham Island Nikau The Chatham Island palm has broader fronds and is much more robust than the mainland nikau. Also will tolerate more exposed conditions. Please enquire re availability Rhopalostylis sapida Great Barrier Island The Great Barrier Island nikau forms a more robust palm than the mainland nikau, tolerating more exposed conditions. Selliera radicans Groundcover found throughout New Zealand in damp areas. Grows in sun or light shade but best with some moisture. Attractive white flowers. Sophora tetraptera Kowhai Found naturally in the North island along riverbanks and forest margins from East Cape to Ruahine Range. Slightly larger leaf than S.chathamica and dosn't have a divaricting juvenile stage. Streblus banksii Coastal milk tree Found from Mangonui to Marlborough. Attractive coastal tree growing up to 12m high with light green oval leaves. Uncinia uncinata Hook sedge This hook sedge is variable in colour ranging from dark green when grown in shade to reddish brown.