Large, round-headed tree, strong growing and hardy. A tough maple for exposed sites/wind. Used as specimen, shelter or shade and can be clipped as a hedge. Autumn foliage is clear yellow, often flushed with red.
Deciduous -
10m x 5m
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Slow-growing dense low hedge, excellent for clipping or topiary. Very hardy and tolerant of most soils except wet. Takes coastal wind, and grows in sun or shade. Fertilise regularly to maintain lush greenness. Spacing for hedging: 15cm (6 inches) is ideal if you want your plants to join up quickly.
Evergreen -
1m x 60cm
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Tough but pretty shrub, with masses of candyfloss pink flowers in spring and autumn. Birds love the flowers, especially tui. A very fast screen or filler; can be used as a formal clipped hedge (50cm to 70cm spacing), or as a low shelter (1m spacing). Tolerant of drought, wind and damp soils. Flowers better in full sun, and a light trim after flowering helps keep plant bushy.
Evergreen -
2m x 2m
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Tough, wind-hardy, coastal-hardy, fast-growing shrub for moist to dry conditions. Excellent for banks, borders and screens. Prolific bright-red flowers spring and early summer attract birds (especially tuis) and give a colourful display. Clipping occasionally will help maintain bushiness, while more frequent clipping will produce a good hedge. Flowers best in full sun.
Evergreen -
3m x 3m
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Compact grower with masses of short, deep-red flower brushes through spring and early summer, with occasional blooms almost year round; flowers better in full sun. Makes an attractive low edging and is a great addition to rockeries or mixed plantings in low-maintenance gardens. Tolerant of drought, coastal winds and dry to slightly damp soils. Trim lightly after flowering to keep plant bushy.
Evergreen -
1m x 1m
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A tough, wind-hardy, coastal-hardy, fast-growing shrub for moist to dry conditions. Excellent for banks, borders and screens. Prolific mauve-pink flowers through summer attract the birds and give a colourful display. Occasional clipping helps maintain bushiness, while more frequent clipping will produce a good hedge.
Evergreen -
2.5m x 2m
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A very compact new dwarf semi-prostrate bottlebrush with small light green leaves and small red flower brushes in spring. Ideal for rockeries and tubs or for low hedges or garden edges. Reasonably hardy. Clipping will help maintain bushiness.
Evergreen -
40cm high x 80cm wide
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Tall shrub with graceful weeping form, white papery bark, distinctive coppery-pink new shoots and creamy yellow flowers in summer. Birds love the nectar. A good hardy clipped hedge, shelter or screen. Very fast. Also makes a good shade tree. Tolerant of drought, wind, coastal conditions and damp soils. Pruning helps keep plant bushy
Evergreen -
5m x 4m
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A vigorous camellia with good upright form and masses of pure white, very formal rose-form medium sized flowers, early autumn. Flowers do not bruise brown. Very hardy and easy to grow. Trims well as a hedge, but also makes a lovely specimen, border plant, informal screen or bank cover. Tolerates wind, full sun and heavy shade. Needs good drainage.
Evergreen -
2m x 1m
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A striking camellia with mid pink, medium sized, semi double flowers in autumn/early winter. Trims well as a hedge and is great as a specimen, border plant, informal screen or bank cover. Extremely hardy and easy to grow. Tolerates wind, full sun and sites which are shaded for most of the day. Needs good drainage.
Evergreen -
2m x 1.5m
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A vigorous, early blooming camellia producing masses of small, white, peony formed flowers for a long period from early autumn. Very hardy and easy to grow. Trims well as a hedge, but has also makes a lovely specimen, border plant, informal screen or bank cover. Tolerates wind, full sun to part shade, and needs good drainage.
Evergreen -
1.5m x 1m
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A pretty camellia with masses of large, single, mid pink flowers, in autumn/early winter. Trims well as a hedge and is great as a specimen, border plant, informal screen or bank cover. Extremely hardy and easy to grow. Tolerates wind, full sun and sites which are shaded for most of the day. Needs good drainage.
Evergreen -
2.5m x 2m
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Very attractive shrub with glossy leaves and clusters of fragrant white orange blossom-like flowers, late winter through spring. Prune after flowering. Plant in sun or part shade and feed with acid fertiliser. Easy to grow, can be used as specimen shrub, low screen or clipped hedge.
Evergreen -
1.5m x 1.5m
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A versatile, tough shrub with small, rounded, glossy, rich-green leaves. Compact and bushy, it is ideal for shaping and makes a beautiful ornamental hedge. Or use as a superior green filler. Hardy and tolerant of coastal winds, poor, dry or sandy soils, sun or shade. Hardier to frost than Coprosma repens.
Evergreen -
1m x 1m
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Fast-growing native shrub with shiny green leaves and small orange berries, which the birds love. Makes a beautiful trimmed hedge; also used in mixed borders and in revegetation plantings as a nurse crop. Hardy and tolerant of poor, dry or sandy soils, coastal spray, sun or shade. Avoid wet sites.
Evergreen -
3m x 2m
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Attractive, fast-growing small shrub for hedges, screens and mixed plantings. Can be trimmed to any shape. Distinctive pink wash deepens with cooler autumn and winter temperatures. Hardy and tolerant of poor, dry or sandy soils, coastal spray, sun or part shade. Birds enjoy the orange fruit.
Evergreen -
1.5m x 1.5m
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A striking coprosma with stand out plum red foliage and contrasting lime green new growth. Perfect for hedging or to add a splash of colour to patio pots, banks and borders. Easy to grow in most soils, except wet, and hardy to frost and wind. Plant in full sun for best colour.
Evergreen -
2m x 2m
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Fast-growing small shrub for hedges, screens and mixed plantings. Green and chocolate leaves intensify to almost black in winter, and provide a good contrast to greens and silvers in the garden. Hardy and tolerant of poor, dry or sandy soils, coastal spay, sun or part shade. (Will lose good colour in full shade.) Trims readily to any desired shape. Avoid wet sites.
Evergreen -
1.5m x 1m
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A tough, fast-growing native shrub, used extensively for native revegetation, and erosion control, but also useful for hedging, under planting of larger trees and for mixed native borders. Prolific orange fruit attracts birds. Tolerates sun or shade, poor soils (including damp), strong winds, ocean spray and cold, and trims readily.
Evergreen -
2m x 1.5m
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A bushy, compact coprosma with tiny bronze red leaves, which become more intensely coloured during autumn and winter. Very effective against a boulder or rock wall, as a small, neat clipped hedge or for mass planting. Hardy, tolerant of poor, dry, windy conditions, sun or part shade. Needs well drained soils.
Evergreen -
80cm x 80cm
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