Shrubs
Native shrubs like Coprosma and Corokia are essential additions to New Zealand gardens, offering a perfect blend of form, function, and resilience. These hardy evergreens are ideal for a wide range of landscaping uses—from low-maintenance hedging and windbreaks to feature planting and native revegetation projects. Their adaptability to coastal, exposed, and dry conditions makes them particularly valuable in challenging sites.
Coprosma varieties are prized for their glossy, colourful foliage—ranging from vibrant greens to bronze, gold, and even variegated tones—which provide year-round interest. Many cultivars also develop richer hues in cooler months, adding seasonal colour to the garden. Corokia, on the other hand, is known for its distinctive wiry branching, silvery-grey or olive foliage, and star-shaped yellow flowers followed by bright red berries, making it a favourite for textural contrast and structural form.
These native shrubs are not only aesthetically appealing but also incredibly low-maintenance. They thrive in full sun to partial shade, are drought-tolerant once established, and cope well with pruning—ideal for shaping into formal hedges or natural screens. In native plantings, they support biodiversity by providing food and habitat for birds and insects.
Whether you're creating a contemporary landscape, enhancing a rural block, or restoring a native ecosystem, Coprosma, Corokia, and other native shrubs offer both beauty and ecological value. Plant singly as statement pieces, or in groups for dense coverage and visual impact.
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1x Coprosma Rugosa
Coprosma rugosa Common Names: Rugose Coprosma, Shiny Coprosma Family: Rubiaceae Origin: New Zealand Plant Type: Evergreen Shrub Overview: Copros...
View full details1x Hebe Odora
Hebe (Veronica) odora Overview A hardy, compact New Zealand native shrub valued for its glossy foliage and sweetly scented bl...
View full detailsAristotelia Abigail Gordon
Aristotelia × ‘Abigail Gordon’ (Wineberry hybrid) Common Names: Wineberry, Makomako (hybrid)Family: ElaeocarpaceaeOrigin: New Zealand (naturally ...
View full detailsAristotelia Aunt Nell
Aristotelia ‘Aunt Nell’ (Wineberry) Overview Aristotelia ‘Aunt Nell’, a compact form of the New Zealand Wineberry, is a robust native shrub valu...
View full detailsCoprosma Black Cloud
Coprosma ‘Black Cloud’ Common names: Black Cloud Coprosma Family: Rubiaceae Origin: New Zealand hybrid Plant Type: Evergreen Shrub / Groundcove...
View full detailsCoprosma Bowling Green
Coprosma Bowling Green Common Names: Coprosma Bowling Green, Dwarf Mirror Bush Family: Rubiaceae Origin: New Zealand (cultivar selection) Plant Ty...
View full detailsCoprosma Brunnea
Coprosma brunnea (Coprosma brunnea) Common Names: Leafy Coprosma, Mountain Coprosma Family: Rubiaceae Origin: Endemic to New Zealand Plant Type: ...
View full detailsCoprosma Cutie
Coprosma Cutie Common Names: Coprosma Cutie, Dwarf Mirror Bush Family: Rubiaceae Origin: New Zealand (cultivar selection) Plant Type: ...
View full detailsCoprosma Hawera
Coprosma ‘Hāwera’ Common Names: Coprosma ‘Hāwera’ Family: Rubiaceae Origin: New Zealand (cultivar) Plant Type: Evergreen Shrub Overview: Coprosm...
View full detailsCoprosma Kirkii
Coprosma kirkii Common Names: Kirks Coprosma, Groundcover Coprosma Family: Rubiaceae Origin: New Zealand Plant Type: Evergreen Shrub / Groundcover...
View full detailsCoprosma Lobster
Coprosma ‘Lobster’ Common Names: Lobster Coprosma, Red-Margined Coprosma Family: Rubiaceae Origin: New Zealand (cultivar) Plant Type: Evergreen Sh...
View full detailsCoprosma propinqua
Coprosma propinqua (Coprosma propinqua) Common Names: Mingimingi, Coprosma Family: Rubiaceae Origin: Endemic to New Zealand Plant Type: Evergreen...
View full detailsCoprosma Red Lobster
Coprosma ‘Red Lobster’ Common Names: Lobster Coprosma, Red-Margined Coprosma Family: Rubiaceae Origin: New Zealand (cultivar) Plant Type: Evergree...
View full detailsCoprosma Virescens
Coprosma virescens Common Names: Mingimingi, Green Mingimingi Family: Rubiaceae Origin: New Zealand Plant Type: Evergreen Shrub Overview Copro...
View full detailsCordyline Red Star
Cordyline 'Red Star' (Cordyline australis 'Red Star') Common Names: Red Star Cabbage Tree, Red CordylineFamily: AsparagaceaeOrigin: New ZealandPl...
View full detailsCorokia Bronze Knight
Corokia 'Bronze Knight' Common Names: Bronze Knight Wire Netting Bush, Corokia Bronze King Family: Argophyllaceae Origin: New Zealand Plant Type...
View full detailsCorokia Cotoneaster
Corokia cotoneaster (Corokia cotoneaster) Common Names: Wire Netting Bush, Korokio Family: Argophyllaceae Origin: Native to New Zealand Plant Typ...
View full detailsCorokia Galaxy
Corokia ‘Galaxy’ Common Names: Corokia Galaxy, Wire Netting Bush Family: Argophyllaceae Origin: New Zealand hybrid cultivar Plant Type: Evergreen ...
View full detailsCorokia Geentys Green
Corokia ‘Geentys Green’ Common Names: Geentys Green Corokia Family: Argophyllaceae Origin: New Zealand (cultivar) Plant Type: Evergreen Shrub Ove...
View full detailsCorokia Little Prince
Corokia ‘Little Prince’ Common Names: Little Prince Corokia, Wire Netting Bush Family: Argophyllaceae Origin: New Zealand cultivar Plant Type: Eve...
View full detailsCorokia Pipsquek
Corokia Pipsqueak Common Names: Corokia Pipsqueak, Wire Netting Bush Family: Argophyllaceae Origin: New Zealand (cultivar selection) Plant Type: E...
View full detailsCorokia Red Wonder
Corokia ‘Red Wonder’ Common Names: Red Wonder Corokia, Wire-netting Bush Family: Argophyllaceae Origin: New Zealand (cultivar) Plant Type: Evergre...
View full detailsCorokia Yellow Wonder
Corokia ‘Yellow Wonder’ (Corokia cotoneaster ‘Yellow Wonder’) Common Names: Yellow Wonder Corokia, Wire-netting Bush Family: Argophyllaceae Ori...
View full detailsGriselinea Littoralis
Griselinia littoralis (Kapuka / New Zealand Broadleaf) Plant Details Plant Name Common Names Family Origin Type Griselinia littorali...
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