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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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Passiflora tetrandra
Height: 8m;  Spread: 3m
Kohia, Native Passionfruit (Vine)
Shiny leaved vine of slender habit, climbs by tendrils. Prolific white flowers are followed on the female plant by bright orange, inedible fruit (summer). Vigorous.
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» Click here for our Passiflora tetrandra article published in The Fringe, February 2014 ...
» For a landscaping perspective on Passiflora tetrandra, see this article by O2 Landscapes...
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Passiflora tetrandra flower
Finally some decent size kohia! Nov2013, 4-5 yrs growth, size about 4mm - yet to see
Getting some fantastic clusters of fruit and flowers reminiscent of the pannicles of flowers with the NZ Jasmine.
NZ Kohia makes for a great fence cover, watch out for the wetas though - bit like a magnet for them. Seems to flower on the East side, and stick it's roots down on the west side of the fence (I'm on the west side much to my neighbour Matt's delight!)
Same comments as for the
Be patient. Soon they will turn bright orange.
Good set of native passionfruit this year on my eastern-boundary fence. The sunny (ie neighbour's side) doing better than
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