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Planting tip
Soak the rootball of your plant in a bucket of water to wet thoroughly prior to planting. For extra goodness, add a bit of liquid fertiliser.
Vitex lucens
Height: 10m;  Spread: 6m
Puriri (Tree)
Broad spreading lowland tree with sturdy trunk and branches. Open habit. Pink flowers and berries all year round.
» Click here for our puriri article published in the Titirangi Tatler...
» Click here for our Moths and Butterflies article published in the Fringe, February 2013 ...
» Read our article on "Puriri problems", published in the NZ Gardener, August 2014 ...
Photo gallery:
Puriri with flowers and berries
A mature puriri complete with 'widowmakers'
On puriri, flowers and/or fruit seem to be ever-present.
Branchlets and flower clusters coming out of the gnarled old trunks.
Puriri at Western Springs, near Auckland Zoo
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