Browsing items filed under: Partial Shade × Requires Shelter × Free Draining/Volcanic × Moist/damp × Asplenium "Princess" Hen and Chicken Hybrid Hybrid of A. bulbiferum and A.oblongifolium Blechnum discolour Crown fern. Piupiu. Found throughout NZ usually in drier forests Cyathea medullaris Mamaku, black ponga Tallest of the tree ferns Dicksonia squarrosa Wheki One of our faster growing tree ferns which will tolerate some sun when planted in autumn or winter. Libertia grandiflora NZ Iris- found lowland and forests in North Island and Nelson area of South Island. Tufted plant with narrow flax-like leaves. Delicate white flowers followed by large berries. Librocedrus bidwillii Pahutea Slow growing maintaining slender shape for many years. Rhopalostylis baueri var cheesemanii Kermadec nikau The Kermadec nikau has longer fronds, larger flower heads and darker seeds than the mainland nikau.