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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 Maungapiko
Height: 5m;  Spread: 2m
Southern Rata/Pohutukawa hybrid (Other)
M. ?Maungapiko?: a natural hybrid between M. excelsa and M. umbellata is a narrow, upright tree with bright crimson blooms a little later than most pohutukawa . It is more frost tolerant and resistant to psyllid attack than cultivars of pohutukawa.
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