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TREES AND SHRUBS
for the Rotorua garden
Cornus ‘Eddies White
Wonder’
American Dogwood
The Dogwoods are seen at
their best in cooler climates and
prefer acidic well drained soils.
Eddies White Wonder is a superb
small tree producing a stunning
display of large creamy-white
flowers in spring. Foliage in
autumn turn a spectacular
shade of red and orange.
Growth habit of this cultivar is
upright, but tending to weep.
Libertia ixiodes
‘Gold Finger’
A clump forming New
Zealand Native with bright
golden and green strap-like
foliage. Vibrant white
iris-like flowers appear
on stout stems.
Colour intensifies in winter.
A great addition to the
garden.
Cordyline australis
‘Purple Tower’
One of our favorite native
cabbage trees.
Foliage is a strong purple
colouring and wide leaves.
It is a great landscape
plant and makes a great
tub specimen.
Shaping
Rotorua
Acer palmatum dissectum ‘Orangeola’
The dissectums, also known as the “weeping” maple, are
an invaluable addition to any garden. They are produced
as weeping standards to show off the delightful cascading
form and the finely dissected foliage. They come in various
shades of green, red and pink. Orangeola has bright
orange-red foliage for weeks over spring and early summer
before changing briefly
to a brownish-red in mid
summer. Glowing red
and orange hues are
spectacular over autumn
and this persists until the
onset of winter.
Azalea kurume hybrids
These are Japanese raised dwarf hybrids. The bush is
covered with numerous, small flowers in a wide range of
colours in spring. They are particularly effective in massed
plantings and are
exceptionally hardy and
ideal for cold climates
such as Rotorua.
They are not quite as
‘showy” as the indica
hybrids, but are much
hardier and not subject
to frost damage as with
the Indica hybrids.
Muehlenbeckia astonii
This is a great divaricating
(twisted foliage) shrub from the
Cook Strait coastal area. It is a
most interesting and attractive
shrub having a wiry, interlacing
habit. Small bright green heart
shaped leaves clothe the bush
in spring and summer. It is a
very hardy and wind resistant
plant, always a talking point.