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Flax
Phormium tenax Bronze - Flax cultivar
Red flowers (summer). Vigorous sturdy bronze foliage. Tolerates wet and/or coastal conditions.
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Flax
Phormium tenax Guardsman - Flax cultivar 
The largest of the coloured flaxes with deep pink-red variegations. Spiky foliage. Keep well fed for best colour.
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Flax
Phormium tenax Three Kings
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Flax
Phormium Thumbelina
A miniature form of flax with bronze foliage.
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Flax
Phormium Tom Thumb - Flax cultivar
Fine, red-bronze foliage. Requires dry, sunny position.
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Flax
Phormium Tricolor - Flax cultivar
Yellow and cream variegations with interesting red edge to leaf. Best in exposed coastal condition.
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Flax
Phormium Yellow Wave - Flax cultivar
A form of P.cookianum with yellow and cream variegations. Best in exposed coastal condition. Yellow flower spike in the spring.
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Tree
Phyllocladus alpinus - Mt.Toatoa
Slow growing. Very attractive specimen with a dense habit, grows on bush edges and at high altitudes.
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Tree
Phyllocladus toatoa - Toatoa
Very, very slow growing. Temperamental. Limited availability. Attractive broad foliage.
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Tree
Phyllocladus trichomanoides - Tanekaha
Very attractive specimen tree with upright growth habit. The "foliage" is actually flattened stems.
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Herb
Picris burbidgeae - Native Ox-tongue
Long light green leaves on erect pink-red stems with yellow, daisy-like flowers. It may be fast-growing and look like a weed, but it is just a fast-growing endangered species.
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Fern
pilularia novae-hollandiae - Pillwort
Creeping rhizomes form dense clumps on edges of lakes,frequently submerged. Great for aquariums.
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Other
Pimelea actea
A delightful slender and upright Pimelea with long flowering period and translucent fruit. The last known population is at Himatangi Beach, Manawatu. Previously called Pimelea turakina.
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Ground Cover
Pimelea aff. aridula - Toroheke, NZ daphne
Pointed grey foliage. White flowers (spring-autumn). Rock gardens. Hangs beautifully over small retainers. Tolerates extreme dry and poor soils.
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Ground Cover
Pimelea aff. aridula Te Mata Peak - Pinatoro, NZ daphne
Pointed grey foliage. White flowers (spring-autumn). Rock gardens. Rare new species.
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Ground Cover
Pimelea aff. urvilleana
Copius white hairs along sprawling branches making a dense 80cm mat. White flowers and fruit.
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Shrub
Pimelea arenaria
A rare species best suited to coastal sand dunes. Very attractive.
Synonym with Pimelea villosa
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Ground Cover
Pimelea carnosa
Grows along coastal cliffs but no longer common. Tolerates salt spray and harsh conditions. Clusters of small white flowers, and white fruit.
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Shrub
Pimelea longifolia - Taranga
Lightly branched shrub with large fragrant white flower heads (spring). Needs gritty soil conditions.
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Other
Pimelea lyallii
Coastal in sand dunes and their associated swales from Otago to Stewart Island.
A delicate sprawling shrub with silver-grey foliage.
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