Hedges and Borders - Just Arrived
aka Box
A slow growing compact form of Box with a naturally rounded shape. In spring the fresh new growth is shaded a beautiful soft lime green turning to a darker glossy green on maturity. Easy to grow in sun or part shade. Evergreen.
'Green Gem' is the perfect choice for a low hedge as it doesn't need as much clipping as other Buxus due to its compact habit. Nice for topiary work too. Though 'Green Gem' is very tolerant and hardy it prefers not to have 'wet feet' in winter - quite understandable, I don't much like wet feet myself!
Buxus Green Gem
Current Stock Height: 25/35 cm ?
Container: 1.5l ?
$14.99
Buxus Green Gem
Current Stock Height: 15/20 cm ?
Container: 1l ?
$16.99
Buxus Green Gem
Current Stock Height: 15/25 cm ?
Container: 3.25l ?
$24.99
Sasanqua. A top performing Camellia that flowers from early autumn through to early winter. The blooms are double white, with just a hint of blush pink on the outer edges. Upright vigorous habit. Happiest in semi-shade.
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Camellia Early Pearly
Current Stock Height: 50/90 cm ?
Container: 1.3l ?
$26.99
Camellia Early Pearly
Current Stock Height: 45/60 cm ?
Container: 2.5l ?
$29.99
Camellia Early Pearly
Current Stock Height: 80/100 cm ?
Container: 4l ?
$34.99
Camellia Early Pearly
Current Stock Height: 150/190 cm ?
Container: 6l ?
$59.99
Hybrid. This beautiful Camellia has tight bright pink buds that open to miniature, single, apple-blossom pink blooms which are lightly fragrant. A pretty Camellia which would suit a small courtyard or patio area. Flowers for a long period. Happiest in semi-shade with acid soil. Evergreen.
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Camellia Fairy Blush
Current Stock Height: 80/100 ?
Container: 4l ?
$34.99
Camellia Fairy Blush
Current Stock Height: 60/100 cm ?
Container: 3.5l ?
$49.99
Camellia Fairy Blush
Current Stock Height: 110/150 cm ?
Container: 6l ?
$59.99
Sasanqua. This is a really good looking Camellia with fine narrow dark green foliage that looks good all year round. In very early autumn the bush is covered in tight buds that open to pretty semi-double flowers are white blushed with rose pink edges. Tolerates sun or shade. Evergreen.
This Camellia is a great screen or hedging plant. Clips well and always looks good. Remarkably tolerant but will do best in semi-shade with nicely mulched roots. I have 2 of these on different sides of the property and both flower extremely well.
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Camellia Paradise Blush
Current Stock Height: 70/100 cm ?
Container: 2.5l ?
$29.99
Camellia Paradise Blush
Current Stock Height: 80/100 cm ?
Container: 4l ?
$34.99
Camellia Paradise Blush
Current Stock Height: 150/200 cm ?
Container: 6l ?
$59.99
Sasanqua. An elegant free-flowering variety producing masses of brilliant pink buds, which open to dazzling white double blooms. Quick growing, ideal for hedging, topiary, containers or as a garden specimen. More tolerant of full sun than many other Camellias. Evergreen.
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Camellia Paradise Helen
Current Stock Height: 50/60 cm ?
Container: 1.3l ?
$21.99
Stock of this item is very low.
Camellia Paradise Helen
Current Stock Height: 50/80 cm ?
Container: 2.5l ?
$29.99
Camellia Paradise Helen
Current Stock Height: 80/110 cm ?
Container: 3.5l ?
$49.99
Camellia Paradise Helen
Current Stock Height: 90/120 cm ?
Container: 6l ?
$59.99
Sasanqua. Flowers in absolute profusion over a long period. The blooms are quite large, semi-double and open white from pink buds. Upright compact growth habit. A terrific hedge plant or garden specimen. Happiest in morning sun or semi-shade. Evergreen.
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Camellia Paradise Pearl
Current Stock Height: 55/70 cm ?
Container: 2.5l ?
$29.99
Camellia Paradise Pearl
Current Stock Height: 100/130 cm ?
Container: 6l ?
$59.99
Sasanqua. One of a new breed of Paradise Camellias that are vigorous growers, long flowering and tolerant of tough conditions. Large, white, semi-double blooms with a little flush of pink will appear from autumn through winter. Can tolerate more sun than many but happiest in semi-shade Evergreen
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Camellia Paradise Vanessa
Current Stock Height: 100/140 cm ?
Container: 6l ?
$59.99
Sasanqua. One of NZ's favourite Camellias and deservedly so. An abundance of large wavy white blooms with prominent yellow stamens appear in early autumn through to early winter. The blooms are softly scented. Ideal for hedging. Happiest in semi-shade. Evergreen.
This beautiful Camellia is definitely one of my favourites. Introduced from Japan in 1898 so a proven winner! Translation of the name means Snow, Moon and Flowers - isn't that just lovely? Fantastic hedge plant - grows quite quickly.
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Camellia Setsugekka
Current Stock Height: 60/90 cm ?
Container: 1.3l ?
$26.99
Camellia Setsugekka
Current Stock Height: 70/90 cm ?
Container: 4l ?
$34.99
Camellia Setsugekka
Current Stock Height: 120/140 cm ?
Container: 6l ?
$59.99
Sasanqua. Beautiful, pure white ruffled double flowers that are of a medium size. The flowers appear in autumn and early winter. An excellent choice for hedging or espalier. Happiest in semi-shade with acid soil. Evergreen.
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Camellia Silver Dollar
Current Stock Height: 30/40cm ?
Container: 1.3l ?
$21.99
Stock of this item is very low.
Camellia Silver Dollar
Current Stock Height: 30/50 cm ?
Container: 2.5l ?
$29.99
Camellia Silver Dollar
Current Stock Height: 50/70cm ?
Container: 4l ?
$34.99
Camellia Silver Dollar
Current Stock Height: 50/60cm ?
Container: 4.7l ?
$49.99
Stock of this item is very low.
Camellia Silver Dollar
Current Stock Height: 80/110 cm ?
Container: 6l ?
$59.99
Species. A very pretty Camellia with dainty leaves and a graceful upright habit. The white flowers open from tight pink buds and have a pleasant fragrance. Ideal for screening or hedges, very popular and deservedly so. Happiest in semi-shade with acid soil. Evergreen. Est. 10yr. growth.
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Camellia Transnokoensis
Current Stock Height: 70/90 cm ?
Container: 1.3l ?
$26.99
Camellia Transnokoensis
Current Stock Height: 70/100 cm ?
Container: 4l ?
$34.99
Camellia Transnokoensis
Current Stock Height: 130/160 cm ?
Container: 4l ?
$59.99
Sasanqua. This cheerful little Camellia just smothers itself in bright red single flowers from winter through to spring. The flowers are offset with prominent gold stamens. Slow growing with a compact habit. Ideal for containers, hedging or brightening up a dull corner of the garden. Evergreen.
'Yuletide' can be grown in morning sun or part shade.
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Camellia Yuletide
Current Stock Height: 25/35 cm ?
Container: 2.5l ?
$29.99
Camellia Yuletide
Current Stock Height: 30/50 cm ?
Container: 4l ?
$34.99
aka Sedge
The striking foliage starts out chartreuse and then shades to golden yellow through the summer. Great for brightening up shady spots, or for adding a pop of colour to a mixed container. This easy care evergreen grass can be used as a groundcover, to edge a path or patio, or tucked into a living wall or window box. Perennial
Carex Everillo
Current Stock Height: 10/20 cm ?
Container: 1.9l ?
$26.99
aka Sedge
Easy on the eyes, easy to grow and low maintenance, this plant forms a neat, easily controlled mound of green foliage with lime margins. Everlime is a great cold hardy accent plant for all year round arrangements. Everlime does well in mass plantings and in open situations. Perennial
Carex Everlime
Current Stock Height: 10/15 cm ?
Container: 1.9l ?
$26.99
aka Sedge
Carex Eversheen is a superb ground cover and container plant with distinctive lime yellow striped foliage. A wonderful little selection with a fresh appearance. It is easy to grow, low maintenance and forms a neat easily controlled mound. Eversheen is a great cold hardy accent plant for all year round arrangements. Perennial
Carex Eversheen
Current Stock Height: 5/10 cm ?
Container: 1.9l ?
$26.99
Featherfalls is a highly decorative Carex with great garden or pot performance. With long clean and crisp foliage it is a year round maintenance free plant. A highlight of this new variety is its beautiful plumes of feathery flower stems emerging from the centre during spring. Evergreen
Carex Featherfalls
Current Stock Height: 10/15 cm ?
Container: 1.9l ?
$26.99
Carex Featherfalls
Current Stock Height: 20/30 cm ?
Container: 4.5l ?
$44.99
Stock of this item is very low.
aka Tussock, NZ Sedge
This native 'grass' is really tough and hardy tolerating cold winds and almost any soil. The brick-orange foliage looks very graceful as it waves and dances in the wind. Ideal for planting in large drifts. If the clumps become a little untidy just chop back hard for renewed vigour. Evergreen.
Carex Testacea
Current Stock Height: 20/30 cm ?
Container: 1.9l ?
$24.99
Carex Testacea
Expected Stock Height: 40/50 cm ?
New stock expected Beginning of September, 2025. Waitlist now. Estimated price TBA. Payment on order.
aka Cape Jasmine
The heady perfume of this deliciously fragrant evergreen shrub makes it a winner for planting near a window or doorway. Bright glossy dark green leaves, pure white double rosettes of fragrance in early summer. Plant in a warm, frost free position. Feed regularly for best results.
Gardenias will grow happily in a pot as long as they are fed and watered regularly. They are gross feeders and respond well to regular liquid feeding. They can take a little sun but in NZ they are best protected from the hot afternoon sun.
Gardenia Veitchii
Expected Stock Height: 25/30 cm ?
New stock expected Beginning of May, 2025. Waitlist now. Estimated price $29.99. Payment on order.
aka Japanese Holly
Fabulous form and foliage make this Holly a useful and desirable plant. Growing naturally upright and columnar it looks great in containers or used as an accent point. Happy in sun or part shade. Small white flowers followed by black berries but these are fairly inconspicuous. Evergreen.
This is also a useful plant where a narrow screen or hedge is required, it will do the job without dominating or becoming a constant trimming problem.
Ilex Sky Pencil
Current Stock Height: 60/70 cm ?
Container: 6l ?
$69.99
aka NZ Iris
This little Iris has to be one of my favourite NZ natives as it has such dainty white "butterfly" flowers. The narrow sword like leaves form a strong clump, the flowers appear in summer followed by ornamental seed pods. Easy to grow in average soil in a sunny position. Evergreen.
Libertia Ixiodes
Current Stock Height: 20/30 cm ?
Container: 1l ?
$14.99
Libertia Ixiodes
Current Stock Height: 10/15 ?
Container: 1.9l ?
$26.99
aka Turf Lily
A very hardy evergreen clumping perennial. It has long strappy foliage that is a beautiful dark green and produces violet-purple flower spikes from mid Spring through to Autumn. Great for mass planting or borders. Easy to grow in sun or part shade. Evergreen.
Liriope Evergreen Giant
Current Stock Height: 10/15 cm ?
Container: 1.9l ?
$26.99
aka Turf Lily
A great little groundcover or edging plant. Grass-like dark green foliage that forms a clump and spreads. Spikes of dainty white flowers appear in summer and autumn followed by black berries. Drought and shade tolerant. Evergreen.
Best in full shade
Liriope Monroe White
Current Stock Height: 5/10 cm ?
Container: 1.9l ?
$26.99
Liriope Monroe White
New stock expected Beginning of June, 2025. Waitlist now. Estimated price $21.99. Payment on order.
aka Turf Lily
A wonderful little perennial for mass planting or edging pathways or borders. Grass like glossy dark green foliage that quickly forms a clump and continues to spread. In summer stems of pretty little lavender blue flowers appear en masse. Easy to grow in sun or part shade. Evergreen.
Liriope Muscari
Current Stock Height: 5/10 cm ?
Container: 1l ?
$19.99
aka Turf Lily
If you want a tough and easy to grow ground cover or edging plant then it would be hard to go past Liriope Royal Purple. Strong grass-like dark green foliage that forms a clump and spreads. Spikes of dainty purple flowers appear throughout summer. Tolerates sun or part shade. Evergreen
Liriope Royal Purple
Current Stock Height: 10/15 cm ?
Container: 1l ?
$21.99
Liriope Royal Purple
Current Stock Height: 5/10 cm ?
Container: 1.9l ?
$26.99
aka Fringe Flower
An attractive and easy care shrub with arching branches of deep burgundy wine foliage. In spring and summer dark pink 'fringed' flowers appear and these carry a pleasant fragrance. Easy to grow in sun or part shade, prefers well drained soil. Provides a nice contrast to green. Evergreen.
AKA 'The Fringe Flower' Loropetalum is in the same family as 'Witch Hazel'. It has quite a broad habit but responds well to trimming if you wish the shrub to have a more rounded shape.
Loropetalum Burgundy
Current Stock Height: 20/25 cm ?
Container: 2.5l ?
$22.99
Bred by in NZ by Mark Jury. A beautiful, easy to grow Michelia with dainty spring flowers which are delightfully fragrant and coloured an unusual lilac pink. The dark green foliage always looks good and is disease resistant. Happy in the sun or part shade.
I put 6 of these in my front garden a year ago and they have done remarkably well and seem quite robust. I intend to trim them up to make a standard shape but they do equally well left as a bush or used as a hedge.
Magnolia Fairy Blush
Current Stock Height: 60/80 cm ?
Container: 2.5l ?
$49.99
Magnolia Fairy Blush
Expected Stock Height: 100/130 cm ?
New stock expected Beginning of September, 2025. Waitlist now. Estimated price TBA. Payment on order.
Bred in NZ by Mark Jury this beautiful small tree is easy to grow in sun or part shade. Pure cream flowers with a wonderful fresh fragrance appear for a long period during spring. Bright green fresh foliage looks good all year round. Can be clipped too if you wish to use for hedging.
Magnolia Fairy Cream
Current Stock Height: 40/50 cm ?
Container: 2.5l ?
$39.99
Magnolia Fairy Cream
Current Stock Height: 60/80 cm ?
Container: 2.5l ?
$49.99
Magnolia Fairy Cream
Expected Stock Height: 60/70 cm ?
New stock expected Beginning of September, 2025. Waitlist now. Estimated price TBA. Payment on order.
aka Michelia Inspiration
An upright grower with a dense habit, Inspiration adds a vertical effect for those tight areas in your landscape. Sweetly scented porcelain-like flowers bloom in spring - Not as tall as the species, reaching approx 3m at maturity.
Michelia Inspiration
Current Stock Height: 100/110 cm ?
Container: 3.3l ?
$54.99
aka Michelia
A relatively new introduction that has quickly become a firm favourite. The strong leathery foliage is complemented in spring by brown furry buds which open to highly fragrant cream cup shaped flowers. Useful as a specimen, can be planted as a hedge or alternatively try in a container.
Michelia Velvet and Cream
Current Stock Height: 45/60 cm ?
Container: 2.5l ?
$36.99
aka Flax
Native. A special little dwarf flax with attractive, jet black, fine foliage that is highlighted with a lime green margin. An ideal accent plant for borders or for mass planting. Looks good in container too. Hardy and easy to grow in sun or part shade. Evergreen.
Phormium Black Magic
Current Stock Height: 20/30 cm ?
Container: 2.5l ?
$39.99
Phormium Black Magic
Expected Stock Height: 10/20 cm ?
New stock expected Middle of August, 2025. Waitlist now. Estimated price $29.99. Payment on order.
Bred in NZ, this popular hedging plant has deep red new growth for long periods in spring. The leaves gradually turn a deep glossy green. Tough and easy to grow. Perfect as a back-ground plant as well as a hedge. Evergreen.
Photinia Red Robin
Current Stock Height: 70/90 cm ?
Container: 4l ?
$29.99
aka Kohuhu
NZ Native with a compact round growth - leaves are silvery-green. Can be used as a low hedging plant clips well into a tidy form. As a clipped topiary plant this little Pittosporum is suitable for a feature plant or a container specimen. Extremely hardy, will tolerate coastal conditions. Evergreen
Pittosporum Pot Belly
Current Stock Height: 20/30 ?
Container: 2.4l ?
$29.99
aka Kohuhu
A very attractive form of our NZ Pittosporum that forms a neat, evergreen tree ideal for screening or hedging. Glossy, wavy leaves of mid grey-green on stems that have a bluish hue. Easy and quick growing, trims well. Evergreen.
Pittosporum T Wrinkle Blue
Current Stock Height: 50/60 cm ?
Container: 5l ?
$24.99
Pittosporum T Wrinkle Blue
Current Stock Height: 130/150 cm ?
Container: 15l ?
$69.99
Stock of this item is very low.
Pittosporum T Wrinkle Blue
Current Stock Height: 60/70 cm ?
Container: 2.5l ?
$26.99
aka Australian Rosemary
This tough little Aussie shrub looks good even when neglected. Dark green rosemary like foliage that forms a spreading mound, masses of white flowers that appear mainly in spring. Likes the sun but will tolerate some shade. Must have good drainage. Evergreen.
Westringia Mundi
Current Stock Height: 15/25 cm ?
Container: 1.9l ?
$26.99
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