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Aciphylla aurea
golden speargrass, taramea
Growing
near Middlemarch in New Zealand's South Island. Extremely
spiky leaves make speargrass a most appropriate name. In this
photo you can see the vicious old flower spikes which can
remain for up to 2 years. A coloniser of arid windswept and
cold grassland.
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Fuchsia procumbens
creeping
/ trailing fuchsia
Bright
red fruits cover this unusual native creeper / climber in
autumn.
More Ground cover plants info
and photos
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Hibiscus trionum
puarangi, New Zealand hibiscus
A short-lived
perennial herb of coastal regions.
This form,
with large flowers and a maroon centre may be a nuralised
race which has hibridised with the smaller original NZ species.
More New Zealand perennials and other
native plants
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Dianella nigra
syn. Intermedia
inkberry, New Zealand blueberry, turutu
Autumn
berries in Otago bush.
More New Zealand flaxes and grass-like
plants
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Asplenium
bulbiferum
Hen & Chicken fern
More New Zealand ferns photography
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Pseudowintera
colorata
pepper wood, red horopito
Leaf colour varies throughout the year but
attains its most vibrant colour in autumn and winter. Horopito
leaves are edible in very small quantities... very hot!
More New Zealand shrubs photography
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Astelia chathamica
'Silver Spear'
This select
cultivar from the Chatham Islands makes a worthy garden plant.
More New
Zealand Astelia photography
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Brachyglottis
'Otari Cloud'
One
of many great garden shrubs previously botanically classified
in the Senecio genus, and closely related to the Olearia genus.
This is one of the varieties from the group named collectively
as the 'Dunedin hybrids'. Long-lasting yellow flowers and
velvety soft silver leaves.
More Brachyglottis
photography
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Tetragonia implexicoma
(syn. T. trigyma)
New Zealand Spinach
A
creeping, scrambling plant found growing in stoney or sandy
soils, often coastally.
Has
small yellow flowers sporadically through the year, followed
by red berries in autumn. The young leaves are edible and
quite tasty when cooked, hence the common name - New Zealand
Spinach. There is also a larger-leaved form (T. tetragonioides)
also known as NZ spinach, or kokihi by the Maori
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Metrosideros
fulgens 'Gold'
Syn. 'Aurata'
Rata
This
rata species is really a climber of native forest. Due to
this rata's compact form (reaching only 1m) it's often grown
by gardeners. Mimicing its natural habitat, roots must be
kept cool.
More Metrosideros
(rata & pohutukawa)
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