Native plants grown with care
Discover over 80 eco-sourced, chemical-free native plant species—grown with care by passionate volunteers right here in our community nursery. Every plant supports local biodiversity and helps restore local reserves. Explore our range below and find the perfect native plants for your backyard, restoration project or green space.
For our current stock list, click HERE.
Ground cover
Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
"Sedges have edges, rushes are round, grasses are hollow and have elbows that rest on the ground."
- Carex dis - Carex dissita (forest sedge)
- Carex flag - Carex flagellifera (open dry sedge)
- Carex gem - Carex geminata (swamp sedge)
- Carex vir - Carex virgata (swamp sedge)
- Oioi - Apodasmia similis (swamp rush)
- Puketangata Umbrella sedge - Cyperus ustulatus (swamp sedge)
- Pūreirei/Pūkio - Carex secta (swamp sedge)
Shrubs
- Akeake - Dodonaea viscosa
- Akepiro - Olearia furfuracea
- Coastal Karamū - Coprosma macrocarpa
- Coprosma spathulata - Coprosma spathulata
- Hangehange - Geniosoma ligustrifolium
- Harakeke - Phormium tenax
- Hebe Mac - Veronica macrocarpa
- Houhere - Hoheria populnea
- Houpara - Pseudopanax lessonii
- Kanono - Coprosma grandifolia
- Kānuka - Kunzea ericoides
- Karamū - Coprosma robusta
- Karo - Pittosporum crassifolium
- Kawakawa - Macropiper excelsum
- Kōhūhū - Pittosporum tenuifolium
- Korokio tarango - Corokia buddleioides
- Kotahi Rau Coastal Tree Daisy - Olearia solandri
- Kūmarahou - Pomaderris kumeraho
- Māhoe - Melicytus ramiflorus
- Mākaka Salt Marsh Ribbonwood - Plagianthus divaricatus
- Mānuka - Leptospermum scoparium
- Māpou - Myrsine australis
- North Island Koromiko - Veronica stricta
- Patete - Schefflera digitata
- Porokaiwhiri Pigeonwood - Hedycarya arborea
- Poroporo - Solanum aviculare
- Putaputawētā - Carpodetus serratus
- Shiny Karamū - Coprosma lucida
- Swamp Astelia - Astelia grandis
- Tainoka NZ Broom - Carmichaelia australis
- Taupata - Coprosma repens
- Taurepo - Rhabdothamnus solandri
- Thin-leaved coprosma - Coprosma areolata
- Tororaro - Muehlenbeckia astonii
- Twiggy coprosma - Coprosma rhamnoides
- Wharangi - Melicope ternata
- Wharariki - Phormium cookianum
- Whauwhaupaku - Pseudopanax arboreus
- Poroporo - Solanum laciniatum
Trees
- Coastal Maire - Nestegis apetala
- Kahikatea - Dacrycarpus dacrydioides
- Karaka - Corynocarpus laevigatus
- Kauri - Agathis australis
- Kohekohe - Dysoxylum spectabile
- Kōwhai - Sophora chathamica
- Mataī - Prumnopitys taxifolia
- Miro - Pectinopitys ferruginea
- Nīkau - Rhopalostylis sapida
- Parapara - Pisonia brunoniana
- Pōhutukawa - Metrosideros excelsa
- Pukatea - Laurelia novae-zelandia
- Pūriri - Vitex lucens
- Rewarewa - Knightia excelsa
- Tānekaha - Phyllocladus trichomanoides
- Taraire - Beilschmiedia taraire
- Tawāpou - Planchonella costata
- Titoki - Alectryon excelsus
- Tōtara - Podocarpus totara
- Tōwai - Pterophylla silvicola
- Large-leaf Māhoe - Melicytus macrophyllus
- Putaputaweta - Carpodetus serratus
- Tī Kōuka - Cordyline australis
- Makomako - Aristotelia serrata
Gift a Tree
Looking for something different?
Gift a tree and we’ll plant it for you. Together, we’ll grow a gifted forest.
1. Just $15 plants a native tree
Support local reserves, boost biodiversity and give a gift that grows—no waste, no wrapping.
2. We’ll grow and plant it for you
Our volunteers care for your tree until it’s planted during winter. Want to help? We'll invite you to come along!
3. Send a Tree-Gift Certificate
We’ll email a gift certificate with your message to the recipient—and send you a copy to print if you like.
