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Front page photos

Have you got a photo you'd like to share with us? We'd love to see it.

Every month, we'll display a new feature photo on the front page of the website. If we choose yours, we'll send you a gift voucher worth $60!

To submit a photo, simply search for the relevant plant, then click the "Share a photo" link.

Here are some previous winners...


 Month   Photo   Caption 
Jan
2009
DESMOSCHOENUS spiralis
Submitted by Chris

Pingao
Feb
2009
Libocedrus plumosa
Submitted by Oratia Native Plant Nursery

Cones on 2m tall Libocedrus plumosa in Robyn's garden Jan 2009, 4 years after planting!
Mar
2009
Fuchsia procumbens
Submitted by Steve Flood

Flower on Fuschia Procumbens
Apr
2009
Phormium tenax Guardsman
Submitted by Stuart Thompson

This pic is of Phormium Tenax "Guardsman" taken in mid summer in all its splendour. Who would've thought the humble flax could be so gorgeous. Cheers Stuart
May
2009
Microsorum scandens
Submitted by Bernhard Demes
Jun
2009
Phormium tenax
Submitted by Karen

The medicinal heart of flax
Jul
2009
Disphyma australe
Submitted by Warwick
Aug
2009
Pteridium esculentum
Submitted by Bernhard Demes
Sep
2009
Clianthus maximus
Submitted by Peter de Lange

Oratia Native Plant Nursery is a place a child can happily and constructively get lost in. Here three year old Theo de Lange gets right into plant conservation issues lecturing his dad (the photograph) about ngutu kaka (Clianthus maximus) - a species sadly down to c.153 wild plants in the wild and now one of New Zealand's most threatened species
Oct
2009
Xeronema callistemon forma callistemon
Submitted by Frances Palmer

Xeronema approx 7 to 8 years in full flower - 30 spikes
Nov
2009
Arthropodium cirratum
Submitted by Steve Bayley

Flowers in November in Canterbury.
Dec
2009
Parsonsia heterophylla
Submitted by dayne laird

Native Jasmine Flowers at last!
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