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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!

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Streblus heterophyllus
Height: 6m;  Spread: 4m
Milk Tree (Tree)
Divaricating juvenile form. Develops into upright tree in forest conditions. Hardy.
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This is a juvenile plant.
Lowtherhurst Reserve, Massey, Auckland
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On 27/03/2010, john van den hoeven said:
This plant took around 2 years before it started to put out any new growth after i purchased it!Anyway, it is in a shaded spot and seems hardy handling heavy frosts though i would water it in times of low rainfall.
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