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Most Popular
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Botanical Name
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Description
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Kahikatea
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Dacrycarpus dacrydioides
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Forest canopy tree.Small brownish
leaves of long-persisting juvenile form. Natural formal upright. Easily
trained, profuse bud-back, slow-growing. Cuttings grown from an adult
tree will retain the adult characteristics.
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Totara
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Podocarpus Totara
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Forest canopy tree. Small leaves, attractive bark,
easily trained, slow-growing and slow bud-back. There are several other
species of Podocarpus suitable esp. P. acutifolius.
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Southern Beeches
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Nothofagus - all 4 species
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Very attractive trees, small leaves, easily
trained, need very good drainage to avoid fungus infections. Mountain
and Silver are the most suitable. All species have a mycorrhizal
fungus.
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Kowhai
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Sophora -8 species, many hybrids
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Faster growing, deciduous, always attractive.
Compound leaves, small leaflets, some types flowering as bonsai. Very
forgiving. S. prostrata has the smallest leaves, is easily trained but
is slow to thicken the trunk.
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Pohutukawa
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Metrosideros excelsa
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Originally called the New Zealand Christmas Tree.
Brilliant flowers. Large leaves which reduce if flowering is
sacrificed. M. kermadecensis is similar but with smaller leaves.
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Rata (several species)
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Metrosideros sp
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Some trees, some vines, all dramatic flowering. M.
robusta is epiphytic so is suitable for root over rock. M. umbellata
has small leaves and with time makes great bonsai.
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Ramarama
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Lophomyrtus bullata var
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Attractive small brown shiny leaves. Easily styled
and maintained. L. obcordata has small leaves, smooth bark and buds
back well. Both have opposite branching.
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Corokio
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Corokia cotoneaster
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Many cultivars. Small leaves. Easily grown and
styled. Quick results. C. cotoneaster "North cape" are naturally
prostrate and make wonderful bonsai.
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Miro
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Prumnopitys ferrunginea
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Forest canopy tree. Small leaves, Trains well.
Slow bud-back and slow growing.
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Matai
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Prumnopitys taxifolia
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Forest canopy tree. Long-persisting juvenile
stage. Easily maintained. Best grown from adult cuttings or layering.
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Kotukutuku
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Fuchsia excorticata
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Medium leaves, small flowers, flaky bark. Fast
growing and buds back well.
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Pokaka
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Elaeocarpus hookerianus
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Long-persisting small juvenile leaves, Attractive
trunk and branching.
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Hinau
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Elaeocarpus dentatus
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Larger leaves. Beautiful flowers when grown from
cutting.
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Kamahi
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Weinmannia racemosa
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Attractive serrated leaves that reduce well. Hard
to transplant.
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Kaikomako
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Pennantia corymbosa
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Long-persisting small juvenile leaves.
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Mountain Totara
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Phyllocladus asplenifolius var. alpinus
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Attractive unusual leafless tree.
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Coprosma
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Coprosma sp. -about 10 out of 90 sp.
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Quick-growing rather short-lived trees, with some
species making attractive bonsai. Easy
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