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Summer planting
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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14/12/2009 Acaena saccaticupula
Submitted by andrew hodgson

Growing at 1800m altitude, Remarkables Range, Otago.
14/12/2009 Acaena novae-zelandiae
Submitted by andrew hodgson

Growing along the coast near Nugget Point, Catlins. ID kindly provided by Christchurch Botanical Gardens.
14/12/2009 Pittosporum colensoi
Submitted by andrew hodgson

Growing in forest in Westland NP.
14/12/2009 Coprosma perpusilla subsp. perpusilla
Submitted by andrew hodgson

Growing at 1800m altitude at Lake Alta.
14/12/2009 Coprosma perpusilla subsp. perpusilla
Submitted by andrew hodgson

Growing at 1800m altitude at Lake Alta in the Remarkable Range, Otago.
14/12/2009 Hebe elliptica
Submitted by andrew hodgson

Growing in coastal cliffs around Curio Bay, Catlins.
14/12/2009 Coprosma robusta
Submitted by andrew hodgson
14/12/2009 Corynocarpus laevigatus
Submitted by andrew hodgson

Growing in forest in Abel Tasman NP.
14/12/2009 Olearia arborescens
Submitted by andrew hodgson

Growing in the Mt Arthur area, Kahurangi NP.
14/12/2009 Hoheria lyallii
Submitted by andrew hodgson

Growing in Arthur's Pass NP.
14/12/2009 Hebe canterburiensis
Submitted by andrew hodgson

Growing in Arthur's Pass NP.
14/12/2009 Melicytus ramiflorus subsp. ramiflorus
Submitted by andrew hodgson

Growing in forest at Lake Rotoroa.
14/12/2009 Polystichum richardii
Submitted by andrew hodgson

Growing in forest at Lake Matheson, Westland.
14/12/2009 Kelleria dieffenbachii
Submitted by andrew hodgson

Growing in alpine habitat in Arthur's Pass NP.
14/12/2009 Pseudopanax colensoi
Submitted by andrew hodgson

Growing in Arthur's Pass NP.
14/12/2009 Coprosma rotundifolia
Submitted by andrew hodgson

Growing in forest at Mt Peel, Canterbury.
14/12/2009 Coprosma grandifolia
Submitted by andrew hodgson

Growing in podocarp forest on Ulva Island.
14/12/2009 Coprosma cheesemanii
Submitted by andrew hodgson

Growing on exposed rock in alpine habitat in Arthur's Pass NP.
04/12/2009 Leptopteris hymenophylloides
Submitted by andrew hodgson

Growing in Peel Forest, Canterbury. ID kindly provided by Christchurch Botanical Gardens.
04/12/2009 Carmichaelia grandiflora
Submitted by andrew hodgson

Growing in scree near the face of Fox Glacier. ID kindly provided by Christchurch Botanical Gardens.
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