Acacia dealbata or A. baileyana near nursery 14 Sept 2005
Acacia dealbata, 25 Sept 2005.
Arbutus unedo 13 March 2006.
Acacia melanoxylon, 28 Feb 2006. Heavy snowfalls have broken significant branches on some of these.
Arbutus x anacroides 1 Dec 2005, growing reasonably well on the ridge, though deformed by the wind..
Azara microphylla on the summit, 12 Sept 2005. Wonderful vanilla fragrance from the flowers.
Bracgyglottis greyii (to the right) on the summit, together with a tough old daisy. 12 Sept 2005.
Ceanothus roweanus, Nov 2004.
Buxus sepervirens near studio. 20 Nov 2005.
Clianthus puniceus with Acacia pravissima behind, October 2004.
Cassinia fulvida on the summit, 12 Sept 2005.
Coprosma propinqua, 21 Feb 2006. One of the toughest shrubs on the property.
Callistemon citrinus near the cabin, January 2005.
Coprosma robusta (I think) and Olearia avicennifolia on the summit, 12 Sept 2005.
Cordyline australis on the studio island. 20 Nov 2005. Copes with wind, wet and dry soils. Perfectly suited to this climate. 28 Feb 2006, below, on a road to the summit.
Cortadera, Phormium tenax and Carex secta stabilizing a dam wall, 28 Feb 2006.
Drepanstachyum microphyllum, 25 August 2005. The only reasonably vigorous bamboo species on this property.
Crinodendron hookerianum, Dec 2004.
Embothrium coccineum on summit, 6 Nov 2005
Escallonia sp on the summit coping well with the stongest winds affecting this property. 1 Dec 2005.
Escallonia "Yellow Sunset" and Dodonea viscosa on the summit. 20 March 2006.
Eucryphia x nymansensis on the 21 Feb 2006.
Griselinia littoralis. Dec 2003.
Olearia avicennifolia and Hebe salicifolia. Feb 2004.
Gevuina avellana "accession 63", planted 3 May 1998, flowered for the first time in March 2005. Photographed above on 20 Feb 2006. The first fruit observed 5 March 2006 below, taken by a bird (I suppose).
Metrosideros "Maungapiko" flowering on 11 April 2006. It died in the winter of 2007.
Nothofagus betuloides, 25 Aug 2005.
Hebe sp in the studio garden, 20 Nov 2005.
Nothofagus cliffortoides, 8 Nov 2005.
Hoheria sextylosa, the fastest growing small shelter tree. Dec 2003 at left. Flowers on 19 Feb 2006 below.
Nothofagus cunninghamii, 28 Feb 2006. Bought from Hackfall's Arboretum.
Nothofagus solandri , a specimen with particularly attractive coppery Spring foliage. 12 Nov 2005.
Nothofagus dombeyii, 28 Feb 2006. Mostly healthy but several have died, possibly from a soil disease or grass grub attack.
Olearia avicennifolia, April 2004. A fine tough pioneer species, it grows well throughout this property except on damp soils.
Nothofagus cliffortoides flowers, 6 Oct 2005.
A hedge of Olearia paniculata on the E boundary May 2002.
Olearia traversii bordering the nursery, with one Photinia "Red Robin". Nov 2003. This Olearia grows fast, but tends to get damaged on the windiest parts of the property.
Phormium tenax - one of the toughest plants on the property. Photographed at left on the 1 Dec 2005, and at right on 26 Dec 2005.
Pseudosasa japonica, 14 Sept 2005. Slow to establish.
Phyllostachys aurea, 28 Feb 2006.
Pleioblastus pygmaea, 1 April 2006.
Phyllostachys sulphurea, 25 Aug 2005.
Pittosporum tenuifolium. 20 Nov 2005.
Pittosporum ralphii, 20 Nov 2005. The fastest growing species of Pittosporum here.
Prostranthera 21 Feb 2006.
Pseudopanax arboreum 14 Sept 2005. Needs a well drained spot - a few have died when sited close to water.
Quercus illex 5 March 2006.
Quercus sp. 24 Oct 2005. Quercus myrsinnifolia, 28 Feb 2006. Bought from Hackfall's arboretum. Very slow growth.
Quercus suber, 5 March 2006. About 22 survive of the original 25 planted. Fatalities caused by wind.
Rhododendron "Dora Amateus", September 2005.
Rhododendron "President Roosevelt", 23 Oct 2005
Semiarundinaria fastuosa, 1 April 2006. The only non-runner sp of bamboo to succeed here so far. (2008 note: as this spot frequently got waterlogged this plant was later (2007) split into 5 and replanted nearby and close to the studio. I took one specimen to Dunedin in Dec 2007).
Rhododendron "Anna Rose Whitney", 20 Nov 2005.
Stranvaesia, 25 October 2005.
Strelitzia in the greenhouse, Feb 2005.
The famous American cranberry fruiting for the first time, 16 Sept 2005. A groundcovering plant kept in pots of sand and peat.
Teleopea "Burgundy", 1 Dec 2005. Struggling on the summit