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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
2018
Senecio rufiglandulosus
Submitted by Beverley Davidson

This Senecio was flowering prolifically in the Pureora region at the end of November. As it is uncommon now in the Auckland region, seeing it in the distance, we initially dismissed it as ragwort! Shame!
Feb
2018
Metrosideros umbellata
Submitted by Beverley Davidson

This young tree was growing amongst rocks on Mt Rochefort above the Denniston Plateau in Westland.
Mar
2018
Metrosideros fulgens Adult
Submitted by Beverley Davidson
Apr
2018
Microlaena avenacea
Submitted by Beverley Davidson
May
2018
Hebe stricta var. stricta
Submitted by Beverley Davidson
Jun
2018
Blechnum discolor
Submitted by Beverley Davidson
Jul
2018
Pittosporum pimeleoides subsp. pimeleoides
Submitted by Beverley Davidson

This is the larger-leafed form of this variable subspecies.
Aug
2018
Xeronema callistemon forma callistemon
Submitted by Beverley Davidson

Xeronema with Coprosma acerosa growing around it. Not the time of year for spectacular flower spikes, but these leaf blades gave a fine sculptural effect instead.
Sep
2018
Pimelea longifolia
Submitted by Beverley Davidson
Oct
2018
Sophora fulvida
Submitted by Beverley Davidson
Nov
2018
Senecio rufiglandulosus
Submitted by Beverley Davidson

This Senecio was flowering prolifically in the Pureora region at the end of November. As it is uncommon now in the Auckland region, seeing it in the distance, we initially dismissed it as ragwort! Shame!
Dec
2018
Arthropodium cirratum
Submitted by Beverley Davidson
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