Slow-growing, low, weeping form which provides a spectacular display of mounded colour. These are seedling grown plants with variable coloured leaves from green-bronze to purple. Wind tender - needs a sheltered spot. Lovely beside water.
Deciduous -
1m x 1.5m
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A beautiful agapanthus with dwarf foliage and months of sky blue blooms over summer. An excellent, easy grower perfect for trouble free mass plantings that will add maximum colour to the garden for minimum effort. Grows in most conditions, sun to semi shade and is hardy to frost.
Evergreen -
50cm x 50cm
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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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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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An outstanding, rugged ground cover or wall spiller, forming a tight, tangled mat of dark reddish brown foliage with springy intertwining branchlets; especially useful for steep or difficult areas. Vigorous and hardy, tolerating drought, ocean spray, wind, full sun or shade. Happy in sandy soils and most others, except wet.
Evergreen -
30cm high x 1.5m wide
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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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A semi prostrate coprosma with vibrant, glossy green leaves; great as a fast ground cover or wall spiller. Vigorous and hardy, tolerating poor, dry or sandy conditions, coastal spray, sun or shade. Avoid wet soils. Easy to maintain, and an excellent cover for steep or difficult areas.
Evergreen -
60cm high x 1m wide
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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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