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Serendipitous supply
When the Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust wanted to give a gift of plants, locally sourced from Rarangi Beach, east of Blenheim, they came to Oratia. Not only could we provide an eco-sourced species, it was also a plant which had since disappeared from the region!

This is the Trust's story.

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Dacrycarpus dacrydioides
Height: 20m;  Spread: 10m
Kahikatea (Tree)
Superb specimen tree that can grow in damp and open sites. Adult foliage is a soft bluish-green.
Photo gallery:
Kahikatea seedlings emerging forest floor Whakatane Oct. 08
..gorgeous fruits from this fine specimen in RMBG in Melbourne..GH
our tallest native tree
First time fruit from Oakley Creek restoration plantings.
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