Plants for ... Screens and hedges
Feijoa Wundervoll
Feijoa sellowiana 'Wundervoll'
Wondervoll’s versatility impresses - it’s great as a screen, a hedge, or a lawn specimen tree and has the bonus of autumn fruit. It grows quickly to form a bushy tree with olive-green leaves, and late summer brings red flowers, followed by oval green fruit. Fruit yield is enhanced by planting in groups, and adequate summer water. Grows 3 x 2 metres. Hardiness Zone - suits dark green area - click for details
Genista Yellow Imp
Genista Yellow 'Yellow Imp'
A compact bushy grower producing a profusion of bright yellow blooms for long periods during late spring & summer. Trim after flowering to encourage further blooms in autumn. Will withstand dry conditions & any soil with good drainage. Evergreen. Grows 1x1m. Hardiness Zone - suits dark green area - click for details
Gordonia Moonlight Magic
Gordonia 'Moonlight Magic'
Fast growing small tree with glossy rich green leaves year round and large white flowers with yellow centres in winter. Member of the camellia family, hardy to light frosts, needs good drainage and full sun. Great feature or shade plant. Grows to 3-4m high & 2m wide. Hardiness Zone - suits dark green area - click for details
Grevillea Robin Hood
Grevillea hookeriana 'Robin Hood'
Many gardeners regard this grevillea as the best. It's a popular evergreen bushy shrub with wide spreading branches that feature 10cm scarlet, fine toothbrush-like flowers from spring and through summer. It grows quickly, retains its tidy form and flowers in its first year. Hardiness Zone - suits dark green area - click for details
Griselinia Whenuapai
Griselinia littoralis 'Whenuapai'
New Zealand native and an architectural delight - small glossy and rich-green leaves, a tidy narrow columnar habit and dense growth - ideal for screens, wind-break, hedging and topiary work. In the garden it'll grow quickly to form an upright bush, thriving in sun or shade. In nature, it's found throughout New Zealand. Hardiness Zone - suits dark green area - click for details
Leptospermum Copper Sheen
Leptospermum nitidum 'Copper Sheen'
An Australian native that has reddish stems and dark coppery-red leaves; great for background colour and form in both garden and vase. In summer, 2cm white flowers with yellow centres smother the bush - so dense they give the impression of the bush being 'snow-topped'. Hardiness Zone - suits dark green area - click for details
Magnolia Little Gem
Magnolia grandiflora 'Little Gem'
One of the most impressive plants we've seen. Its glossy green leaves have velvet bronze undersides and provide a unique look year round. In summer large fragrant creamy white flowers impress. A mid-size columnar tree that's at home in a large patio planter when young, and as a grand garden specimen. Hardiness Zone - suits dark green area - click for details
Metrosideros Frosty Morn
Metrosideros 'Frosty Morn'
A decorative and strong growing variegated excelsa variety, generally hardier in frosty areas. Has beautiful red flowers round about Christmas time. Height 5m unless pruned every third year. Withstands dry, windy and salt spray situations. Hardiness Zone - suits dark green area - click for details
Metrosideros Tane's Gold syn Twistie
Metrosideros robusta 'Tane's Gold syn Twistie'
A creamy yellow variegation over ovate dark green wavy leaves and bright red new stem growth gives an overall tricolour appearence. Compact and bushy in habit ensures a good container subject.Deep crimson blooms in mid summer add to the visual effect. 4 x 3 metre. Hardiness Zone - suits dark green area - click for details
Michelia Figo
Michelia 'Figo'
Evergreen rounded shrub, with oval glossy green leaves. Strongly scented creamy yellow purple edged flowers are produced over the summer months. Can be grown in sun but does better if planted in a warm sheltered position in light shade. Great in tubs. 2.5 x 1 metre. Hardiness Zone - suits dark green area - click for details
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