Hedging Plants
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This plant has a tidy habit with and upright medium form. The foliage is smooth with a slight grey/green appearance and attractive pointed leaves. Compact and useful for hedging and screening. Small purple fragrant flowers. Good for coastal conditions being from the windy Stephen’s Island in the middle of the Cook Strait. Responds very well to trimming. Height x Width 4 x 2 Height Range Small 1-5m Growth Rate Moderate Plant Type Shrub Shape Round Country of Origin New Zealand Similar to Consider Other Pittosporums - Leaf
Leaf Colour Dark Green - Flower
Flower Colour Purple Fragrant? Yes - Uses
Screening / Shelter Yes Hedging Yes Bird Feeding Yes Note: Growth, height and grade information are given in good faith but are subject to natural variables beyond our control. -
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The parent plant of many cultivars which have been produced from the variations of seed grown plants. A fast growing, slender tree with erect narrow pyramidal form. Full sun dry tolerant once established. Easily trimmed to shape so ideal as a hedge or screen. Sweetly scented small purple flowers in Spring. Height x Width 5 x 3 Height Range Medium 5-10m Growth Rate Moderate Plant Type Tree Shape / Habit Round Country of Origin New Zealand Similar to Consider Other Pittosporums - Leaf
Leaf Colour Green - Flower
Flower Colour Purple Fragrant? Yes - Uses
Good Shade Tree? Yes Screening / Shelter Yes Hedging Yes Bird Feeding Yes Note: Growth, height and grade information are given in good faith but are subject to natural variables beyond our control. -
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An attractive elegant tree with deep green, thick glossy, long needle-like Totara leaves on slender willowy branches. Has a very soft appearance. Excellent street or specimen tree. Can also be trimmed as a hedge or shelter or pleached. Height x Width 7 x 5 Height Range Medium 5-10m Growth Rate Moderate Plant Type Tree Shape Round Country of Origin East Africa Similar to Consider Podocarpus Totara, Podocarpus Totara Black Bridge, Manii, Macrophylla - Leaf
Leaf Colour Green - Flower
Flower Colour Insignificant - Uses
Specimen Yes Accent Yes Screening / Shelter Yes Note: Growth, height and grade information are given in good faith but are subject to natural variables beyond our control. -
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A more upright, very bushy growing variety of our NZ Totara. Strong, slow growing, bushy from an early age, ideal for hedging or where space is more limited. Grows to Apx 8m Height x Width 8 x 3m Height Range Medium 5-10m Growth Rate Moderate Plant Type Tree Shape / Habit Upright, Bushy Country of Origin New Zealand Similar to Consider Totara, Matapouri Blue, Podocarpus gracillis - Leaf
Leaf Colour Green - Flower
Flower Insignificant - Uses
Screening / Shelter Yes Hedging Yes Bird Feeding Yes Note: Growth, height and grade information are given in good faith but are subject to natural variables beyond our control. -
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A brilliant compact selection of our native totara with small blue-grey foliage. Has a more upright pyramidical habit. Its slow growth makes it easy to manage in any sized garden. Excellent as a specimen tree or planted as a hedge. Height x Width 7 x 5 Height Range Medium 5-10m Growth Rate Slow Plant Type Tree Shape Conical Country of Origin New Zealand Similar to Consider Podocarpus Totara and Black Bridge. Podocarpus gracilis - Leaf
Leaf Colour Glaucus Blue - Flower
Flower Insignificant - Uses
Specimen Yes Accent Yes Screening / Shelter Yes Hedging Yes Bird Feeding Yes Note: Growth, height and grade information are given in good faith but are subject to natural variables beyond our control. -
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Large evergreen shrub or small tree dark glossy green oval leaves. Dull white hawthorn scented flowers in slender racemes late spring/summer followed by fruits. Moist to dry conditions but will not tolerate wet feet. Excellent for hedges or Topiary or can be allowed to grow as a screen Height x Width 5 x 4 Height Range Medium 5-10m Growth Rate Moderate Plant Type Tree Shape Conical Country of Origin Western Europe, France, Spain Portugal, Morocco Similar to Consider Camellias, Laurus Nobilis, Michelia Figo, Syzygium resilience, Pittosporums, Corokia, Griselinia, Ficus, Ilex largo, Olea El Greco, Eugenia Ventinatii - Leaf
Leaf Colour Dark Green - Flower
Flower Colour White Fragrant? Yes - Uses
Specimen Yes Accent Yes Hedging Yes Note: Growth, height and grade information are given in good faith but are subject to natural variables beyond our control. -
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Unusual and distinct cultivar. Compact neat and bushy habit. Glossy fresh green leaves with lighter ribs. Can be used as a low broad hedge or as a specimen shrub, screen, or tub plant. A good wind shelter for more delicate plants in mixed shrub beds. Height x Width 3 x 2 Height Range Small 1-5m Growth Rate Slow Plant Type Shrub Shape Round Country of Origin New Zealand Similar to Consider Pseudopanax Lessonii, P. Laetus, Griselinia Broadway Mint, Griselinia Lucida, Planchonella costata, Ilex Largo - Leaf
Leaf Colour Green - Flower
Flower Colour Very small Fragrant? No - Uses
Screening Yes Hedging Yes Note: Growth, height and grade information are given in good faith but are subject to natural variables beyond our control. -
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A fast growing much-branched, rich deep green foliaged shrub, with three or five thick, leathery leaflets to each stem. Windy sites Ok. Good for coastal planting. Trims well for a hedgerow or wind break. Does not like wet feet. NZ Native. ALSO: Pseudopanax Lessonii Purpurea with Black Purple leaves Height x Width 4 x 2.5 Height Range Small 1-5m Growth Rate Moderate Plant Type Shrub Shape Round Country of Origin New Zealand Similar to Consider P. Cyril Watson, P. Laetus, Griselinia Broadway Mint, Griselinia Lucida, Planchonella costata, Ilex Largo - Leaf
Leaf Colour Green - Flower
Flower Insignificant - Uses
Screening / Shelter Yes Hedging Yes Bird Feeding Yes Note: Growth, height and grade information are given in good faith but are subject to natural variables beyond our control.
