Fantastic Plants and Where to Find Them - The New Zealand Edititon

Medicinal plants, edible plants, public gardens, events, and other random things you probably didn't know about our native and imported plant life.

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Thursday, 23 February 2017

Rata (Metrosiderous Spp.)

Rata are large slow growing native trees with bright red flowers. They come in two kinds, Northern ( Meterosideros robusta ) and Southern ( ...

Wednesday, 15 June 2016

Pepper Tree (Horopito)

Horopito (latin name: Pseudowintera colorata ) is the second New Zealand native species to be known as Pepper Tree. Horopito looks completel...

Pepper Tree (Kawakawa)

Today I will give you two species, so here is the first. Kawakawa (latin name: Macropiper excelsum ) is one of two native New Zealand spec...

Monday, 13 June 2016

Tree Fuchsia (Kotukutuku)

Time for another species. Tree Fuchsia, (latin name: Fuchsia excorticate ) is otherwise known as Kōtukutuku. It is a medium to large sized...

Saturday, 11 June 2016

Wineberry (Makomako)

Time for our fourth species! Today I give you Wineberry (latin name: Aristotellia serrata ). Wineberry is otherwise known as Makomako. It...

Friday, 10 June 2016

Kowhai

Hi again! I've run across some spare time (a rarity I tell you) so I thought I might as well do something semi-productive, such as ano...

Thursday, 9 June 2016

New Zealand Woodrose

Hi again :) Here's our second species! The New Zealand Woodrose (latin name: Dactylanthus taylorii ) is a root parasite and one of our...

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