Browsing items filed under: Full Shade × Free Draining/Volcanic × Heavy Clay Loam × Moist/damp × Blechnum discolour Crown fern. Piupiu. Found throughout NZ usually in drier forests Cyathea dealbata Ponga, silver fern Well known symbol of NZ, grows in forests throughout NZ. Cyathea medullaris Mamaku, black ponga Tallest of the tree ferns Lobelia angulata Panakenake Creeping mat-forming plant found throughout New Zealand in damp areas producing delicate white flowers. 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 baueri var cheesemanii Kermadec nikau The Kermadec nikau has longer fronds, larger flower heads and darker seeds than the mainland nikau. Rhopalostylis sapida Great Barrier Island The Great Barrier Island nikau forms a more robust palm than the mainland nikau, tolerating more exposed conditions. Todea barbara Found on off-shore islands and north of Bay of Islands. Attractive fern unfortunately becoming very rare due to forestry and development. Tolerates quite dry conditions. Uncinia uncinata Hook sedge This hook sedge is variable in colour ranging from dark green when grown in shade to reddish brown.