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Summer planting
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| Contrary to popular opinion, summer planting is fine as long as adequate water is provided throughout any prolonged dry periods. This allows you to take advantage of increased summer growth. |
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Wade's 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.
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| 08/09/2015 |
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Sophora microphylla Submitted by Wade
Tui feeding on Kowhai nectar. Kowhai are a favourite food source for tui in Spring. |
| 08/09/2015 |
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Coprosma Beatsons Gold Submitted by Wade
Close up of the foliage |
| 08/09/2015 |
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Coprosma Beatsons Gold Submitted by Wade
A Beatsons Gold shrub over 15 years old and still looking great |
| 22/07/2014 |
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Leptospermum Wiri Shelly Submitted by Wade
Wiri Shelly Manuka |
| 22/07/2014 |
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Leptospermum Wiri Shelly Submitted by Wade
Flowers on Wiri Shelly Manuka |
| 22/07/2014 |
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Hebe brevifolia Submitted by Wade
Surville Cliffs Hebe |
| 07/07/2014 |
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Collospermum hastatum Submitted by Wade
Some very large Kahakaha remain growing in the branches a dead tree, Waimamaku |
| 07/07/2014 |
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Hebe speciosa Submitted by Wade
Close up of Napuka bloom growing wild in its natural habitat on Hokiangas South Head. |
| 07/07/2014 |
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Hebe speciosa Submitted by Wade
Napuka flowers and foliage in its natural habitat on Hokiangas South Head |
| 07/07/2014 |
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Hebe speciosa Submitted by Wade
Napuka growing wild in its natural habitat amongst Oioi and Coastal Flax on Hokiangas South Head |
| 07/07/2014 |
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Hebe speciosa Submitted by Wade
Napuka growing in its natural habitat on Hokiangas South Head |
| 08/04/2014 |
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Solanum laciniatum Submitted by Wade
Poroporo in flower at Queenstown Gardens |
| 08/04/2014 |
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Coprosma propinqua Submitted by Wade
Bellbird feeding on the berries of Coprosma propinqua. Planting Coprosmas are a good way to encourage birdlife into the garden. |
| 08/04/2014 |
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Coprosma propinqua Submitted by Wade
Blue fruit of Coprosma propinqua, Diamond Lake, Wanaka |
| 08/04/2014 |
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Leptecophylla juniperina subsp. juniperina Submitted by Wade
Close up of Prickly Mingimingi berries, Matuku Reserve, Waitakere Ranges |
| 08/04/2014 |
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Leptecophylla juniperina subsp. juniperina Submitted by Wade
Prickly Mingimingi in fruit at Matuku Reserve, Waitakere Ranges |
| 08/04/2014 |
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Pseudopanax crassifolius Submitted by Wade
Adult Lancewood with a Bellbird feeding on the fruit, Lake Sylvan, Glenorchy |
| 08/04/2014 |
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Pseudopanax crassifolius Submitted by Wade
Adult Lancewood at Lake Sylvan, Glenorchy |
| 08/04/2014 |
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Fuchsia excorticata Submitted by Wade
Kotukutuku on the Routeburn Track |
| 27/02/2014 |
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Pelargonium inodorum Submitted by Wade
Close up of the small and beautiful Pelargonium flower, Hokianga |
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