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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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Parsonsia heterophylla
Height: 5m;  Spread: 2m
Kaihua (Vine)
Lightly fragrant small cream flowers (spring-summer). Juvenile foliage markedly different to the mature adult foliage.
» Click here for our article on vines published in the Titirangi Tatler, October 2011...
» For a landscaping perspective on Parsonsia heterophylla, see this article by O2 Landscapes...
Photo gallery:
Native Jasmine Flowers at last!
Growing from strength to strength, and flowering continuously since October last year. This spray of flowers particularly pretty I thought.
Planted in Napier about 2003.
Yummy honey flavoured & helpful for our butterflies. Thanks very much, Oratia Natives.
Summer blooms are being enjoyed by bees and butterflies on our very happy climber.
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