Plants suitable for Mackenzie Country

Tawny-green tussock with narrow leaves and graceful flowers in mid Summer. Great landscape feature when mass-planted. Hardy and tolerant of cold, d...

Coprosma Black Cloud - A very hardy ground covering shrub with colourful bronze/black foliage. Masses of blue berries making it very attractive to ...

Carex Testacea - A densely tufted grass with striking bronze to orange colouring, fine narrow arching leaves and smaller growing dense form. The co...

Phormium Dark Delight - Very sought after ornamental flax with richly coloured deep purple-red foliage with stunning upright form. Very hardy, suit...

Excellent smaller flax that holds its colour. Leaves a striped yellow and light green. Has nice variation without being too bold. Good hardy plant ...

Coprosma Hawera - Popular hardy ground cover shrub with compact trailing branches that form a dense shrubby ground cover.   It has masses of berrie...

Cordyline Purple Tower - Super Premium Cabbage Tree - Stunning Cabbage Tree with striking dark purple form. This is a premium cutting grown cultiva...

Coprosma cunninghamii purple - A tough and hardy shrub with bold bronze purple colouring and vigourous growth.   This shrub will thrive in most con...

Leptinella pyrethrifolia - is a low-growing perennial ground cover herb that features a rosette of finely divided, fern-like leaves. The foliage is...

Olearia Avicenniafolia - An attractive shrub or small tree with large thick shiny leaves, green on top and white underneath. Produces masses of sma...

Podocarpus Totara - An extremely attractive grand feature tree. Excellent as a single feature tree or in group plantings. Very suitable to clip for...

Corokia Yellow Wonder is a medium sized native shrub with interesting colour and form.  It is very tough and hardy, making it particularly suitab...

Olearia lineata dartonii - Twiggy Tree Daisy is an interesting and unusual shrub that is perfectly suited for planting in any challenging climate. ...

Coprosma Rubra - Red Stemmed Coprosma - An interesting divaricating twiggy shrub, with reddish brown stems and small leaves. A nice medium sized sh...

Hebes are an exuberant and delightful garden plant that does well in a range of adverse conditions.  They naturally occur in coastal, inland and al...

Podocarpus Nivalis Hybrid – The Alpine Hedge Totara The Podocarpus nivalis Hybrid, also known as the Alpine Hedge Totara, is a naturally occurring...

A hardy, wiry shrubby groundcover that is very tough and suitable for harsh conditions.   Dense and bushy, attractive chocolate brown coloured foli...

Pittosporum Tenuifolium - Kohuhu or Black Matipo - Fast growing and extremely adaptable shrub that is both ornamental and suitable for shelter hedg...

Hebe Ohau is a compact flowering shrub with interesting colouring.   It has violet-blue flowers late spring and into summer. It has green leaves wi...

Carpodetus serratus - Marble leaf - A medium evergreen tree with attractive ‘marbled’ leaves and fascinating tangled growth. White flowers are foll...

Leptinella Minor - A tough creeping groundcover with attractive fern like foliage.   Leaves are a dull green colour with brown colourings in some c...

Coprosma Rugosa - A tough colourful and interesting alpine shrub with very tangled orange-brown twiggy new growth.   Bears blue berries attractive ...