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Nertera dichondraefolia
Height: 0.03m;  Spread: 2m
Ground Cover
Small mottled green leaves. Compact habit. Orange-red berries (autumn-winter).
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On a site near Woodhill at the edge of a raupo wetland with a manuka buffer. If you disagree with the classification let me know as there is some variation of opinion out there on these!
Omaha-Taniko Scientific Reserve, Omaha
Growing tips:
On 01/06/2008, Geoff Davidson said:
Nertera generally grow in cool moist shaded conditions and will do best with a bit of fertiliser to keep them growing healthily. Nertera scapanioides and N balfouriana are possibly the more vigorous and tolerate a wide range of conditions.
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