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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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Melicytus micranthus
Height: 2m;  Spread: 1m
Manakura (Shrub)
A twiggy divaricating plant that prefers light shade, but is quite hardy. Small flowers may be yellow or purple. Male and female plant needed for purple fruit.
» Click here for our Melicytus micranthus article published in the Titirangi Tatler...
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This specimen is a bit surrounded by a Passiflora and a Coprosma tenucaulis.Hope you can see it!
This is a better photo!
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