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Summer planting
Contrary to popular opinion, summer planting is fine as long as adequate water is provided throughout any prolonged dry periods. This allows you to take advantage of increased summer growth.
Metrosideros fulgens Adult
Height: 6m;  Spread: 3m
Climbing Rata, akatea (Vine)
A scrambling, clinging vine with yellow-red flowers (autumn) when vine reaches canopy. The Adult form is more inclined to form a small shrub.
» Click here for our Metrosideros fulgens article published in the Titirangi Tatler...
» For a landscaping perspective on Metrosideros fulgens Adult, see this article by O2 Landscapes...
Photo gallery:
Metrosideros fulgens flowering along the Ridge Track at Atuanui-Mt Auckland in April.
M. fulgens flower up close.
Metrosideros fulgens as pictured in the Titirangi Tatler
Metrosideros fulgens 'Gold'
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