Tough Natives

Coprosma rugosa Common Names: Rugose Coprosma, Shiny Coprosma Family: Rubiaceae Origin: New Zealand Plant Type: Evergreen Shrub Overview: Copros...

Coprosma acerosa (Sand Coprosma) Common Names: Sand coprosma, Creeping coprosma, Taupata (prostrate form) Family: Rubiaceae Origin: New Zealand ...

Astelia ‘Westland’ Astelia nervosa ‘Westland’ Common Names: Westland Astelia, Kakaha, Bush Flax Family: Asteliaceae Origin: New Zealand Plant Type...

Astelia ‘Westland’ Astelia nervosa ‘Westland’Common Names: Westland Astelia, Kakaha, Bush FlaxFamily: AsteliaceaeOrigin: New ZealandPlant Type: Ev...

Aristotelia ‘Rosie Buckingham’ Common Names: Rosie Buckingham Wineberry, NZ Native Wineberry Family: Elaeocarpaceae Origin: New Zealand (selected ...

Astelia ‘Westland’ Astelia nervosa ‘Westland’Common Names: Westland Astelia, Kakaha, Bush FlaxFamily: AsteliaceaeOrigin: New ZealandPlant Type: Ev...

Astelia ‘Westland’ Astelia nervosa ‘Westland’Common Names: Westland Astelia, Kakaha, Bush FlaxFamily: AsteliaceaeOrigin: New ZealandPlant Type: Ev...

Austroderia richardii – South Island Tōī Tōī Common Names: South Island Tōī Tōī, Toetoe Family: Poaceae Origin: New Zealand native Plant Type: Lar...

Poa astonii Overview A fine-textured, compact native tussock grass forming graceful, rounded mounds of silvery-green foliage. Poa astonii adds so...

Carex buchananii Common Names: Buchanan’s Sedge, Copper SedgeFamily: CyperaceaeOrigin: New ZealandPlant Type: Evergreen native sedge Overview Ca...

Carex secta Common Names: Pukio, Swamp Sedge Family: Cyperaceae Origin: New Zealand Plant Type: Evergreen Wetland Sedge Overview: Carex secta, c...

Chionochloa rubra – Red Tussock Common Names: Red Tussock, Red Tussock GrassFamily: PoaceaeOrigin: New Zealand nativePlant Type: Evergreen ornamen...

Coprosma ‘Black Cloud’ Common names: Black Cloud Coprosma Family: Rubiaceae Origin: New Zealand hybrid Plant Type: Evergreen Shrub / Groundcove...

Coprosma Cutie Common Names: Coprosma Cutie, Dwarf Mirror Bush Family: Rubiaceae Origin: New Zealand (cultivar selection) Plant Type: ...

Coprosma depressa Common Names: Creeping Coprosma, Native Groundcover Family: Rubiaceae Origin: New Zealand Plant Type: Evergreen Groundcover / ...

Coprosma ‘Lobster’ Common Names: Lobster Coprosma, Red-Margined Coprosma Family: Rubiaceae Origin: New Zealand (cultivar) Plant Type: Evergreen Sh...

Coprosma propinqua (Coprosma propinqua) Common Names: Mingimingi, Coprosma Family: Rubiaceae Origin: Endemic to New Zealand Plant Type: Evergreen...

Coprosma ‘Roy’s Red’ Common Names: Roy’s Red Coprosma Family: Rubiaceae Origin: New Zealand (cultivar) Plant Type: Evergreen Shrub Overview: Cop...

Cordyline australis Common names: Cabbage Tree, Ti Kouka Family: Asphodelaceae Origin: New Zealand Plant Type: Evergreen Tree / Architectural F...

Cordyline 'Red Star' (Cordyline australis 'Red Star') Common Names: Red Star Cabbage Tree, Red Cordyline Family: Asparagaceae Origin: New Zealand...

Corokia 'Bronze Knight'  Common Names: Bronze Knight Wire Netting Bush, Corokia Bronze King Family: Argophyllaceae Origin: New Zealand Plant Type...

Corokia ‘Frosted Chocolate’ Common Names: Frosted Chocolate Corokia Family: Argophyllaceae Origin: New Zealand (cultivar) Plant Type: Evergreen Sh...

Corokia Pipsqueak Common Names: Corokia Pipsqueak, Wire Netting Bush Family: Argophyllaceae Origin: New Zealand (cultivar selection) Plant Type: E...

Corokia ‘Red Wonder’ Common Names: Red Wonder Corokia, Wire-netting Bush Family: Argophyllaceae Origin: New Zealand (cultivar) Plant Type: Evergre...