Natives for Alpine Conditions

Hebe ‘Oratia Beauty’ Overview A compact, free-flowering New Zealand native shrub with soft green foliage and masses of lilac-pink to white blooms...

Hebe 'Ohau' (Hebe cultivar) Common Names: Ohau Hebe, Shrubby Veronica Family: Plantaginaceae Origin: Cultivar (bred in New Zealand); parentage in...

Carex comans ‘Frosted Curls’ Overview Carex comans ‘Frosted Curls’ is a striking ornamental NZ native grass known for its fine, silvery-green fol...

Sophora microphylla (Kōwhai / Small-leaved Kōwhai) Overview Sophora microphylla is one of New Zealand’s iconic kōwhai species, renowned for its ...

Sophora microphylla (Kōwhai / Small-leaved Kōwhai) Overview Sophora microphylla is one of New Zealand’s iconic kōwhai species, renowned for its ...

Hebe (Veronica) brachysiphon Common Names: Alpine Hebe Family: Plantaginaceae Origin: New Zealand (South Island alpine regions) Plant Type: Evergr...

Leptinella squalida Common Names: Brass Buttons, Buttonweed Family: Asteraceae Origin: New Zealand Plant Type: Evergreen Groundcover Overview Le...

Leptinella pyrethrifolia Common Names: Button Fern, Pyrethrum LeptinellaFamily: AsteraceaeOrigin: New ZealandPlant Type: Evergreen Groundcover Ov...

Hebe (Veronica) ‘Red Edge’ Overview Hebe (Veronica) ‘Red Edge’ is a compact, eye-catching evergreen shrub admired for its nea...

Coprosma ‘Hot Chocolate’ Overview A compact, glossy evergreen shrub with rich chocolate-bronze foliage that deepens to red and burgundy tones in ...

  Hebe ‘Wiri Splash’ Overview A vibrant and compact New Zealand-bred Hebe with masses of rich purple-pink flowers that cover the plant through s...

Kōhūhū – Pittosporum tenuifolium (Pittosporum tenuifolium) Common Names: Kōhūhū, Black Matipo Family: Pittosporaceae Origin: Native to New Zealan...

Cordyline ‘Broadsword’ Common Names: Broadsword Cordyline, Tī Kōuka Family: Asparagaceae Origin: New Zealand Plant Type: Evergreen Perennial / Shr...

Phormium 'Surfer Bronze' (Phormium cookianum hybrid) Common Names: Surfer Bronze Flax, Dwarf Bronze Flax Family: Asphodelaceae Origin: New Zealan...

Coprosma ‘Hāwera’ Common Names: Coprosma ‘Hāwera’ Family: Rubiaceae Origin: New Zealand (cultivar) Plant Type: Evergreen Shrub Overview: Coprosm...

Corokia ‘Yellow Wonder’ (Corokia cotoneaster ‘Yellow Wonder’) Common Names: Yellow Wonder Corokia, Wire-netting Bush Family: Argophyllaceae Ori...

Olearia dartonii (Olearia dartonii) Common Names: Leatherwood Daisy BushFamily: AsteraceaeOrigin: New ZealandPlant Type: Evergreen Shrub Overvie...

Coprosma rubra (Coprosma rubra) Common Names: Red Coprosma Family: Rubiaceae Origin: Endemic to New Zealand Plant Type: Evergreen shrub Overview...

Phormium tenax ‘Green’ Common Names: New Zealand Flax, Harakeke (Green form)Family: AsphodelaceaeOrigin: New Zealand (native)Plant Type: Evergreen...

Carex dipsacea Overview Carex dipsacea is a fine-textured New Zealand native sedge valued for its graceful, arching habit and warm bronze-green t...

  Anemanthele lessoniana (New Zealand Wind Grass) (Synonyms occasionally include Stipa arundinacea in older literature) Overview Anemanthele le...

Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Globe’ Overview Pittosporum ‘Globe’ is a naturally compact, perfectly rounded form of Pittosporum tenuifolium, prized fo...