PLANTS TO ATTRACT BIRDS
NZ NATIVES
Tender Months of Months of Tui/ Height Kereru when Natural distribution NZ NATIVES flowering fruiting Bellbird young
Alectryon excelsus Titoki 10 m Oct-Dec Jan-Apr * Tender Lowland forest and coastal
Aristotelia serrata Wineberry 10 m Sep-Dec Jan-Mar * * Tender Forests and forest margins
Beilschmiedia tarairi Taraire 18 m Sep & Dec Mar-May * Tender Not endemic to Wairarapa
Beilschmiedia tawa Tawa 25 m Sep-Feb Feb-Apr * Forest
Cordyline australis Cabbage tree 15 m Oct-Dec Jan-Apr * * Forest margins, clearings and swamps
Corynocarpus laevigatus Karaka 15 m Aug-Nov Dec-Mar * Tender Coastal
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides Kahikatea 40 m Sep-Nov Mar-May * * Lowland forest, moist sites and swamps
Elaeocarpus dentatus Hinau 15 m Oct-Feb Nov-Mar * Tender Lowland forest
Fuchsia excorticata Tree fuchsia 12 m Oct-Jan Jan-Apr * * Tender Forest margins and streamsides
Hedycarya arborea Pigeonwood 12 m Sep-Nov Dec-Apr * Tender Lowland forest; prefers wet climate
Hoheria angustifolia Hungere, 10 m Dec-Mar Apr-Jul * Forest margins narrow-leaved lacebark Tender Months of Months of Tui/ Height Kereru when Natural distribution NZ NATIVES flowering fruiting Bellbird young
Hoheria sexstylosa Houhere, 6 m Jan-Mar Apr-Jul * Forests and forest margins long-leaved lacebark
Knightia excelsa Rewarewa 30 m Oct-Dec Feb-May * Tender Lowland forest
Melicytus ramiflorus Mahoe 7 m Nov-Feb Jan-May * * Tender Clearings and forest margins
Metrosideros excelsa Pohutukawa 20 m Dec-Jan Apr-May * Tender Coastal, Not endemic to Wairarapa
Metrosideros robusta Northern Rata 25 m Nov-Jan Mar-May * Forest
Nestegis cunninghamii Black maire 20 m Tender Once common, now only in isolated areas in N. Island
Pennantia corymbosa Kaikomako 10 m Nov-Feb Feb-May * * Lowland forest
Phormium cookianum Coastal/ 1.5 m Nov-Jan Feb-Mar * * Coastal mountain flax
Phormium tenax Swamp flax 5 m Nov-Dec Feb-May * * Bogs and swamps
Prumnopitys ferruginea Miro 20 m Sep-Nov Mar-May * Forest, moist sites
Prumnopitys taxifolia Matai 25 m Sep-Nov Mar-May * * Lowland forest
Pseudopanax arboreus Five-finger 8 m Jul-Oct Apr-Jul * * Forests and open scrub
Sophora microphylla Kowhai 10 m Jul-Oct Jan-May * * River banks and forest margins, and open places
Sophora tetraptera North island 12 m Jul-Oct Jan-May * * Lowland open forest, forest margins kowhai
Vitex luscens Puriri 10 m Dec-Nov Dec-Feb * * Tender Not endemic to Wairarapa OTHER NZ NATIVES Tender Months of Months of Tui/ Height Kereru when Natural distribution OTHER NZ NATIVES flowering fruiting Bellbird young Astelia fragrans Bush astelia 1 m Oct-Nov Dec-May * Streamsides, damp and shady places
Carpodetus serratus Putaputaweta 5 m Nov-Mar Jan-May * * Forest margins and stream banks
Coprosma grandifolia Kanono 6 m Sep-Nov Mar-May * Tender Forest and scrubland
Coprosma propinqua Mingimingi 2 m Sep-Nov Mar-May Swampy forests
Coprosma repens Taupata 6 m Sep-Nov Mar-May * * Tender Coastal
Coprosma robusta Karamu 6 m Sep-Nov Feb-Mar * * Forest and scrubland, forest margins and hillsides
Coprosma virescens Divaricating 3 m Sep-Nov Mar-May Lowland forest, forest margins coprosma
Corokia cotoneaster Korokio 3 m Sep-Dec Jan-May * Lowland forest, scrub
Griselina littoralis Papauma/ 10 m Sep-Dec Mar-May * * Forest broadleaf
Kunzea ericoides Kanuka 15 m Oct-Feb Mar-May * Forest and scrub
Leptospermum scoparum Manuka 5 m Sep-Feb Dec-Nov * * Coastal to alpine forest
Macropiper excelsum Kawakawa 3 m Sep-Oct Jan-Apr * Tender Forest; shaded gullies
Myrsine australis Mapou 5 m Dec-Jan Feb-May * Forest margins and scrubland
Pittosporum eugenoides Lemonwood 10 m Oct-Dec Jan-Oct * * Forest clearings, forest margins and stream banks Tender Months of Months of Tui/ Height Kereru when Natural distribution OTHER NZ NATIVES flowering fruiting Bellbird young Pittosporum Ralphii Karo 4 m Sep-Dec Jan-Jul * * Forests, streamsides and forest margins
Pittosporum tenuifolium Kohuhu 6 m Oct-Feb Mar-Jul * * Forest, forest margins
Plagianthus regius Ribbonwood 9 m Oct-Jan Dec-Feb * Lowland forest
Podocarpus totara Totara 20 m Sep-Nov Apr-May * * Lowland forest
Pseudopanax crassifolius Lancewood 15 m Jan-Apr Jun-Dec * * Forest and scrubland