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Sedge & Rush-like
Luzula banksiana 
A small 'hairy' grass. Endemic. North and South Islands. From Bream Head south.
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Sedge & Rush-like
Luzula picta - Wood rush
This endemic creeping ( stoloniferous) rush is very attractive with its dark green leaves and upright flowers. Has a similar look to mondo grass. Fast growing and hardy for under trees.
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Sedge & Rush-like
Luzula rufa
Small tufted rush called wood-rush in other parts of the world. Red-bronze leaves covered in silver hairs.
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Sedge & Rush-like
Luzula ulophylla
A nice hairy, silver plant that may be difficult in warmer places. Very attractive and is good planted in mass or in smaller gardens
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Herb
Luzuriaga parviflora - Lantern berry
A delightful delicate herb with conspicuous white flowers and berries.
Although a monocotyledon (grass), it looks more like a diminutive shrub.
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Fern
Lycopodiella cernua var. cernua - Clubmoss
An attractive plant with a very furry apperance. Lime / yellow in colour the prostrate stems arch along the ground. The aerial stems can stand 1 metre tall.
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Ground Cover
Lycopodium deuterodensum - Clubmoss
Widespreading colonies of Clubmoss develop in scrub and under regenerating Kauri forest. Difficult to establish but low maintenance where successful.
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Ground Cover
Lycopodium deuterodensum
Widespreading colonies of Clubmoss develop in scrub and under regenerating Kauri forest. Difficult to establish but low maintenance where successful.
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Fern
Lycopodium scariosum - Creeping Clubmoss
Creeping clubmoss is one of several species in NZ of this ancient family of plants - predating ferns in their evolution. Recognised as difficult in cultivation they are well worth trying.
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Fern
Lygodium articulatum - Mangemange
Climbing fern with interesting foliage. Difficult to establish, limited availability.
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Sedge & Rush-like
Machaerina sinclairii - Tuhara, Pepepe
Bright green iris-like leaves. Tall flowering spike with graceful bronze seed head (summer). Excellent in shade as a substitute for Agapanthus.
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Shrub
Macropiper Balthazar - 3 Kings Kawakawa hybrid
A hybrid selection between 2 Kawakawa forms found on the 3 Kings Islands.
Its big glossy foliage and resistance to root rot makes it a better garden plant than either of its parents..
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Shrub
Macropiper excelsum hybrid
A hybrid variety with an offshore island species
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Shrub
Macropiper excelsum subsp. excelsum - Kawakawa
Matt-green heart shaped leaves used medicinally and much loved by a small native caterpillar which creates 'uniquely perforated' leaves. Hardy.
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Shrub
Macropiper excelsum subsp. peltatum f. delangei - De Lange's Macropiper
Three Kings endemic with a peltate leaf. Named after botanist Peter de Lange our plants have been cutting grown from a female plant.
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Shrub
Macropiper excelsum subsp. peltatum f.peltatum - Hauraki Kawakawa
An attractive glossy leaf form of Kawakawa from the islands of the Hauraki Gulf.
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Shrub
Macropiper excelsum subsp. psittacorum - Glossy Kawakawa
Glossy-green heart shaped leaves used medicinally. Off-Shore Island form.
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Shrub
Macropiper melchior - 3 Kings Kawakawa
Large glossy green leaves. Three Kings Islands form. Attractive but demands shade and very dry conditions.
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Tree
Manoao colensoi - Manoao, Silver Pine
A slow growing tree that has a conical form for many years. Prefers acidic soils, and shady conditions.Endemic. North and South Islands. Uncommon in the North Island being found mainly around the mountains of the Central Volcanic Plateau
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Fern
Marratia salicina - King Fern, Para
Frost tender, tropical fern. Requires shade and damp soil. Please retype your search criteria as King Fern has now been renamed and is for sale as Ptisana salicina due to it being more closely related to that tropical genus.
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