Forest Flora Plants available 2008 Planting Season 63 Hakarimata Road R.D.1 Ngaruawahia 021 345 232 07 8247167 [email protected] Prices subject to change without notice. www.forestflora.co.nz Updated: 26/03/2008 Prices do not include GST or Plants Listed by Latin Name - with description Freight Pot 10-49 50+ Species Size Locality 1-9 Price Price Price Tioki PB8 Ngaruawahia $10.00 $9.00 $8.00 Alectryon excelsus - Tall forest tree. Titoki PB8 Claudlands $10.00 $9.00 $8.00 Tolerates shade and requires some frost and wind protection. Titoki PB5 Claudlands $8.00 $7.00 $6.00 Titoki PB3 Karakariki $6.00 $5.00 $4.00

Alseuosmia quercifolia - Delicate Toropapa PB3 Pukemokemoke $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 forest shrub. Fragrant flowers. Requires Moist, well drained, shady location. Toropapa PB3 Ngaruawahia $6.00 $5.00 $4.00

Aristotelia serrata - Small quick Makomako/ Wine Berry PB3 Hakarimata Road $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 growing tree. Drought intolerant. Masses of Fruit in Autumn. Makomako/ Wine Berry PB3 Elgood Road $4.50 $3.75 $3.00

Arthropodium cirratum - Coastal herb. Rengarenga PB3 Opotere $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Grows on cliffs. Prefers only light shade.

Astelia grandis - Tall Flax like plant grows to 2m. Generally under tress and Swamp Astelia PB3 Hamilton $5.00 $4.00 $3.50 in wetlands. Baumea arthrophylla syn B.hutt PB3 Opuatia $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 Baumea - A group of wetland plants with Baumea articulata PB3 Oheniwai $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 round steams and leaves. Grown in very Baumea rubiginosa PB3 Opuatia $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 wet places and even in water (Baumea articulata). Useful in rain gardens. Baumea tenax PB3 Opautia $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 Baumea teritifolia PB3 Opuatia $6.00 $5.00 $4.00

Beilschmiedia tarairi - Canopy tree. Grows in northern areas. Masses of Tarairi PB5 Pokeno $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 Plum like fruit in the winter.

Beilschmiedia tawa - Canopy tree. Very tolerant of shade. Masses of plum Tawa PB5 Claudlands $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 like fruit in late summer.

Brachyglottis repanda - Grows on well drained banks. Tinny daisy like flowers in Rangiora PB3 Lake Waikare $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 the spring. Large leaves with white underside. Tolerates some shade.

Carmichaelia australis - Native Broom. Broom PB3 Raglan (Ruapuke Rd) $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 Tiny, insignificant leaves. Masses of pink flower in the spring. Broom PB3 Hamilton $6.00 $5.00 $4.00

Carex dissita - Grass like member of the sedge family. Grows in damp shady Carex dissita PB3 Ngaruawahia $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 places. 300mm high.

Carex geminata - Long Grass like leaves. Creeping rhizomes. Spreads Carex geminata PB3 Hakarimata Road $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 over damp sunny areas.

Carex lambertiana - Grows to 400mm high. Prefers some shade. Grows on Carex Lambertiana PB3 Pukemokemoke $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 moist well drained soil. Purei PB3 Karakariki $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Carex secta - Grows in swampy places and even open water. Will grow to 2 Purei PB3 Tamahere $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 metres high. Drooping habit. Purei PB3 Opuatia $4.50 $3.75 $3.00

Carex virgata - Grows in swampy places and even open water. Will grow Purei PB3 Karakariki $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 to 1m. More erect habit.

Carpodetus serratus - Small tree. Very intolerant of drought. Attractive foliage Putaputaweta PB3 Karakariki $5.00 $4.00 $3.50 and white flowers in the spring. Provides fruit for birds through winter.

Clematis paniculata - Climber. Masses Clematis paniculata PB3 Whatawhata $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 of white flowers in the spring. Requires cool root run. Clematis paniculata PB3 Raglan $6.00 $5.00 $4.00

Coprosma areolata - Small leaf shrub. Coprosma areolata PB3 Matangi $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Grows to about 4m. Grows on moist hill Coprosma areolata PB3 Pukemokemoke $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 sides. Coprosma areolata PB3 Simpsons beach $4.50 $3.75 $3.00

Coprosma grandifolia - Grows in damp Kanono PB3 Ngaruawahia $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 shady places. Masses of bright orange berries provide bird food in autumn. Kanono PB3 Te Hoe $4.50 $3.75 $3.00

Coprosma lucida - Small tree up to 6m high. Grows in damp, well drained, shady Shining karamu PB3 Ngaruawahia $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 places. Bright orange fruit in autumn.

Coprosma macrocarpa - Similar to C. lucida . Found on the Coromandel Coprosma macrocarpa PB5 Colleville Coast $9.00 $8.00 $7.00 Peninsula. Coprosma propinqua - Wetland shrub. Tolerates water logged infertile soil. Blue Mingimingi PB3 Churchill Road $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 coloured berries (drupe).

Coprosma propinqua x - Crossed with C. Robusta. Naturally occurring. Small glossy dark green leaves. Tolerates Coprosma propinqua x PB3 Lake Hakanoa $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 water logged infertile soil. Grows quickly and is frost tolerant.

Coprosma rhamnoides - Small Coprosma rhamnoides PB3 Pukemokemoke $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 divaricate shrub up to 2m. Grows on well Coprosma rhamnoides PB3 Raglan Harbour $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 drained hill sides. Tiny ruby like fruit in the autumn. Coprosma rhamnoides PB3 Simpsons beach $4.50 $3.75 $3.00

Coprosma rigida - Small leaf divaricate shrub. Grows to 4m. Found in boggy low Coprosma rigida PB3 Karakariki $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 land forest and swamp margins.

Karamu PB3 Hakarimata Rd $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Coprosma robusta - Very quick growing shrub to 4m. Glossy dark green Karamu PB3 Churchill Road $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 leaves. Clusters of bright orange fruit in Karamu PB3 Te Purora Road $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 the autumn. Karamu PB3 Te Pahu $4.50 $3.75 $3.00

Coprosma rotundifolia - Small leaf divaricate shrub. Grows to 4m. Found in Coprosma rotundifolia PB3 Karakariki $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 boggy low land forest and swamp margins. Often found with C. rigida. Coprosma spathulata - Small Coprosma spathulata PB3 Ngaruawahia $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 divaricate shrub. Grows on hill sides and leached ridges. Does not tolerate hot sun. Often found with C. rhamnoides Coprosma spathulata PB3 Pukemokemoke $4.50 $3.75 $3.00

Coprosma tenuicaulis - Wetland Swamp Coprosma PB3 Rotokauri $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 shrub. Tolerates water logged infertile soil. Red/ black coloured berries (drupe). Found with C. Propinqua. Swamp Coprosma PB3 Opuatia $4.50 $3.75 $3.00

Cabbage Tree/ Ti kouka PB8 Hakarimata Rd $9.00 $8.00 $7.00 Cordyline australis - Strap like leaves with trunk up to 7m. Requires full sun. Cabbage Tree/ Ti kouka PB3 Hakarimata Rd $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Tolerates wet, infertile soil. Cabbage Tree/ Ti kouka PB3 Opuatia $4.50 $3.75 $3.00

Cordyline banksii - Tolerates shade, prefers well drained soil. Particularly Bush Cabbage Tree/ Ti nahere PB3 Raglan $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 found on river banks and forest margins.

Toe toe PB3 Te Purora Road $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Cortaderia fulvida - Very tall grass, up to 2m. Drooping white flower heads around new year. Tolerates poor soil, Toe toe PB3 Te Pahu $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 both wet and dry. Found in wetlands, river margins, coastal and river cliffs. Toe toe PB3 Whitianga $4.50 $3.75 $3.00

Cyathea dealbata - Grows in a wide Ponga PB8 Hakarimata Road $12.00 $11.00 $10.00 range of soil types but requires some protection from wind and drought. Ponga PB3 Hakarimata Road $6.00 $5.00 $4.00

Cyathea medullaris - Very tall, quick Mamaku PB8 Hakarimata Road $12.00 $11.00 $10.00 growing tree fern. Prefers moist soil.

Cyperus ustulatus - Strap like leaves. Upoko-tangata PB3 Orini $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Up to one metre high. Tolerates very wet conditions and flooding. Found in wet boggy places. Upoko-tangata PB3 Taupiri $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Kahikatea PB5 Jubilee Park $8.00 $7.00 $6.00 Dacrycarpus dacrydioides - Very tall forest tree. Quick growing. Prefers full Kahikatea PB5 Te Hoe $8.00 $7.00 $6.00 sun. Tolerates boggy soil but grows well Kahikatea PB3 Karakariki $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 on hill sides as well. Tolerates flooding, Kahikatea PB3 Hamilton $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 it doesn't cope well with drought. Kahikatea PB3 Kaniwhaniwha $6.00 $5.00 $4.00

Dianella nigra - Flax like leaves, up to Turutu/ New Zealand Blueberry. PB3 Puketaha $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 500mm high. Impressive indigo berries summer and autumn. Tolerates poor soil. Found particularly on clay banks and peat wetlands. Turutu/ New Zealand Blueberry. PB3 Hakarimata Rd $4.50 $3.75 $3.00

Dicksonia squarrosa - Hardy quick growing, small tree fern. Tolerates Wheki PB3 Hakarimata Road $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 infertile soil and exposure to wind.

Doodia australis - Hardy ground fern. Tolerates drought, sun and a wide range PB3 Hakarimata Road $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 of soil conditions.

Dysoxylum spectabile - Modest forest tree up to about 10m. Attractive large Kohekohe PB18 Hakarimata $30.00 $25.00 $18.00 glossy leaves. Large fleshy fruit in winter. Tolerates shade really well, does not Kohekohe PB8 Te Pahu $10.00 $9.00 $8.00 tolerate frost. Elaeocarpus dentatus - Forest tree. Impressive clusters of white flowers in Hinau PB5 Te Pahu $7.00 $6.00 $5.00 spring. Olive like fruit in autumn. Grows on hill sides. Close relative of Pokaka.

Elaeocarpus hookerianus - Forest tree. Often found with Kahikatea and Matai. Grows in level ground, sometimes Pokaka PB3 Karamu Bush $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 boggy soil, sometimes river flats. Olive like fruit in autumn.

Eleocharis acuta - Wetland plant. Very fine leaves. Found in shallow water and 11cm Opuatia $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 boggy areas. Entelea arborescens - Small Coastal tree, large soft leaves. White Flowers Whau PB8 Raglan $14.00 $10.00 $8.00 and spiky seed heads. Lightest wood in the world!

Fuchsia excorticata - Worlds tallest Fuchsia. Grows in damp shady places. Kotukutuku/ Tree Fuchsia PB3 Hakarimata Rd $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Tolerates some wind and frost. Does not tolerate flood or drought.

Gahnia setifolia - Long Grass like leaves, similar size to Toe toe. Grows on Gahnia setifolia PB3 Ngaruawahia $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 clay banks and poor soil.

Geniostoma rupestre - Shrub to 3 metres. Soft green foliage. Grows in Hangehange PB3 Hakarimata Rd $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 shade and full sun. Important understorey species.

Griselinia lucida - Thick glossy leaves. Puka 3L Te Pahu $10.00 Grows as an epiphyte but will do equally well in rich well drained soil. Puka PB3 Te Pahu $4.50 $3.75 $3.00

Hebe macrocarpa - Similar to H. stricta. But leathery leaves, larger flowers and Hebe macrocarpa PB3 Whitianga $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 shorter. Found on exposed clay banks in the Coromandel.

Hebe stricta - Quick growing shrub to 3m. Requires full sun. Flowers and Koromiko PB3 Hakarimata Rd $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 seeds prolifically from an early age.

Porokaiwhiri PB8 Te Pahu $12.00 $11.00 $10.00 Hedycarya arborea - Characteristic small tree of Waikato lowlands (7m). Porokaiwhiri PB3 Te Hoe $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 Attractive foliage, flowers and fruit. Porokaiwhiri PB3 Te Pahu $6.00 $5.00 $4.00

Hoheria sexstylosa - Quick growing. Lacebark PB3 Te Pahu $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Prefers full sun. White flowers in autumn.

Knightia excelsa - Tall forest tree. Rewarewa PB3 Te Pahu $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 Quick growing, prefers full sun. Rich nectar source. Rewarewa PB8 Waingaro Road $10.00 $8.00 $6.00

Kunzea ericoides - Robust small tree. Requires full sun. very quick growing. Kanuka PB3 Hakarimata Rd $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Masses of white flowers early summer.

Laurelia novae-zelandiae - Tall forest tree. Glossy green leaves. Tolerates Pukatea PB3 Claudlands $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 shade. Frost tender. Leptospermum scoparium (Wetland Manuka PB3 Oregan Road $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 variety) - Tolerates water logged and infertile soil. Grows quickly. Masses of white flowers in spring. Manuka PB3 Opuatia $4.50 $3.75 $3.00

Lophomyrtus bullata - Shrub, grows on Ramarama PB5 Te Pahu $8.00 $7.00 $6.00 alluvial terraces. Shade tolerant.

Macropiper excelsum - Shade tolerant Kawakawa PB3 Hakarimata Rd $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 shrub. Masses of orange berries in early summer. Frost intolerant. Distinctive heart shaped leaves. Kawakawa PB3 Simpsons Beach $4.50 $3.75 $3.00

Melicytus micranthus PB3 Gordonton $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Melicytus micranthus - Small leaved shrub (4m). Prefers moist soil. Melicytus micranthus PB3 Te hoe $4.50 $3.75 $3.00

Melicytus ramiflorus - Very common. Mahoe PB3 Hakarimata Rd $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Tolerates wide range of soil and light conditions. Mahoe PB3 Te Pahu $4.50 $3.75 $3.00

Melicope simplex - Small leaved shrub. Poataniwha PB3 ex Te Pahu $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Tolerates shade and wide range of soil conditions. Poataniwha PB3 Pukemokemoke $4.50 $3.75 $3.00

Wharangi PB3 Raglan $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 Melicope ternata - Small coastal tree. Attractive glossy trifoliate leaves. Wharangi PB3 Simpsons Beach $6.00 $5.00 $4.00

Metrosideros excelsa - Tall spreading Pohutukawa PB3 Raglan $5.00 $4.00 $3.50 coastal tree. Tolerates dry, leached soils. Prefers full sun. Brilliant crimson flowers at Christmas. Pohutukawa PB3 Simpsons beach $5.00 $4.00 $3.50

Metrosideros robusta - Epiphyte, eventually tall forest tree. Masses of Northern rata PB3 Whitianga $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 crimson flowers at Christmas.

Metrosideros perforata - Climber. Tiny, waxy leaves. Masses of white flowers in Akatea PB3 Te Pahu $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 late summer. Shade tolerant, slow growing. Microlaena avenacea - Shade Tolerant Rice grass PB3 Waterworks $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 grass. Muehlenbeckia complexa - Coastal creeper/shrub also found in wetlands. Pohuehue PB8 Raglan $8.00 $6.00 $4.00 Waxy white fruit in summer. Mapou PB3 Pukemokemoke $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Myrsine australis - Shrub to 6m. Tolerates very wide range of soils and Mapou PB3 Te Pahu $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 soil moisture. Also tolerates full sun and Mapou PB3 Karakariki $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 deep shade. A bit slow growing. Mapou PB3 Simpsons beach $4.50 $3.75 $3.00

Nertera cunninghamii - Ground Nertera cunninghamii PB3 Te Pahu $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 creeper. Prefers damp shady places.

Nertera dichondrifolia - Ground Nertera dichondrifolia PB3 Hakarimata Rd $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 creeper. Prefers damp shady places.

Olearia furfuracea - Coastal shrub. Akepiro PB3 Raglan Harbour $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Found on clay banks on coastal cliffs. Passiflora tetrandra - Vigorous climber. Kohia/ Native Passionfruit PB5 Gordonton $8.00 $7.00 $6.00 Bright orange fruit. Kaikomako PB8 Pukemokemoke $10.00 $9.00 $8.00 Pennantia corymbosa - Small tree. Suits moist soils. Tolerates shade. Kaikomako PB3 Te Purora Road $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Divaricate juvenile stage. Kaikomako PB3 Pukemokemoke $4.50 $3.75 $3.00

Phormium cookianum - Low growing flax. Found along cliffs. Requires good Mountain flax PB3 Hillcrest $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 drainage. Intolerant of shade.

Harakeke PB3 Hakarimata Rd $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Phormium tenax - Common Flax (3m). Grows in very wet and very dry Harakeke PB3 Raglan $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 conditions. Intolerant of shade. Harakeke PB3 Whitianga $4.50 $3.75 $3.00

Phyllocladus trichomanoides - Modest forest tree. Tolerates dry leached soils. Tanekaha PB8 Hakarimata Rd $10.00 $9.00 $8.00 Quick growing.

Pittosporum crassifolium PB3 Opotere $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Pittosporum crassifolium - Coastal shrub. Tolerates dry soil and wind. Pittosporum crassifolium PB3 Simpsons beach $4.50 $3.75 $3.00

Pittosporum umbellatum - Shade Pittosporum umbellatum PB3 Coroglen $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 tolerant shrub. Found in the Coromandel.

Plagianthus divaricatus - Divaricate Saltmarsh Ribbonwood PB3 Raglan $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 shrub. Tolerates water logged and saline soil. Saltmarsh Ribbonwood PB3 Whitianga $4.50 $3.75 $3.00

Plagianthus regius - Quick growing tree. Open foliage. Prefers full sun and Ribbonwood PB3 Karamu Bush $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 light soils. Tolerates wet soil.

Totara PB8 Pukemokemoke $10.00 $9.00 $8.00 Podocarpus totara - Tall forest tree. Prefers rich well drained soil. Masses of Totara PB5 Pukemokemoke $7.00 $6.00 $5.00 fruit (fleshy cones) in late summer. Totara PB3 Pukemokemoke $4.50 $3.75 $4.50 Pratia angulata - Wetland herb. Prefers full sun and damp soil but will grow on Pratia angulata PB3 Rotokauri $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 shady clay banks. Masses of white flowers. Prumnopitys taxifolia - Tall forest tree. Matai PB8 Pukemokemoke $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 Growing on damp soil and alluvial terraces. Small grape like "fruit" in autumn. Matai PB3 Karakariki $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Pseudopanax arboreus - Shrub or small tree (5-6m). Prefers clay hill sides Five Finger PB3 Whenuakite $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 and full sun.

Pseudopanax lessonii - Coastal shrub. Pseudopanax lessonii PB3 Whitianga $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 Found on cliffs. Prefers full sun.

Rhopalostylis sapida - Native Palm. Nikau Palm PB3 Little Bay $7.50 $6.25 $5.00 Prefers moist soil. Tolerates shade but not frost. Nikau Palm PB3 Whitianga $7.50 $6.25 $5.00 Ripogonum scandens - Forest Climber. Bright red fruit in summer. Supple Jack PB3 Little Bay $7.50 $6.25 $5.00 Tolerates shade. Kowhai PB5 Whitianga $8.00 $7.00 $6.00 Sophora microphylla - Small tree Kowhai PB5 Lake Waikare $8.00 $7.00 $6.00 (10m). Masses of yellow flowers in Kowhai PB5 Raglan $8.00 $7.00 $6.00 spring. Rich nectar source. Prefers well drained soil. Kowhai PB3 Hillcrest Riverbank $6.00 $5.00 $5.00 Kowhai PB3 Raglan $6.00 $5.00 $4.00

Streblus heterophyllus - Characteristic small tree of the Waikato lowlands. Turepo PB3 Karakariki $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Prefers moist soil.

Syzygium maire - Forest tree. Tolerant of very damp soil. Masses of bright red Swamp maire PB5 Te Pahu $8.00 $7.00 $6.00 fruit in February. Intolerant of drought.

Puriri PB18 Tuakau $15.00 $13.00 $12.00 Vitex lucens - Large coastal tree. Puriri PB8 Raglan Coast $12.00 $11.00 $10.00 Masses of pink fruit throughout summer. Tolerate a range of soil conditions. Puriri PB3 Raglan Coast $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 Puriri PB3 Coromandel $6.00 $5.00 $4.00

Weinmannia racemosa - Forest tree. Prefers well drained soils along cliffs and steep hill sides. Often grows as epiphyte Kamahi PB8 Te Pahu $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 on tree ferns. Masses of tiny flowers in summer.