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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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Sicyos aff. australis
Height: 5m;  Spread: 5m
NZ Cucumber (Vine)
This is the native cucumber from Auckland's offshore Islands. It is fast, rare and interesting. It is an annual that grows rapidly & seeds prolifically. The seeds are in small fruit with sharp spines.
» Click here for our Sicyos article published in The Fringe, July 2013
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