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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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Lycopodium scariosum
Height: 0.3m;  Spread: 2m
Creeping Clubmoss (Fern)
Creeping clubmoss is one of several species in NZ of this ancient family of plants - predating ferns in their evolution. Recognised as difficult in cultivation they are well worth trying.
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