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Wetland plants
Did you know wetland plants make excellent water filters? If you need to clean up stormwater runoff, or provide a buffer against flooding, give us a call.
Melicytus flexuosus
Height: 5m;  Spread: 2m
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Of all New Zealand's weird plants this has to be the weirdest. Looking totally dead is a good ruse if your leaves risk being browsed by moa. A tangled twiggy leafless shrub that prefers fertile soil but is extremely hardy. Perfumed flowers.
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