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Trees and shrubs

The following list of trees and shrubs can be readily grown in New Zealand gardens:

Agathis australis

Agathis australis

Common name: kauri

Family: Araucariaceae

Status: Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable

Alectryon excelsus subsp. excelsus

Alectryon excelsus subsp. excelsus

Common name: New Zealand ash, tītoki

Family: Sapindaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Aristotelia serrata

Aristotelia serrata

Common name: makomako, wineberry

Family: Elaeocarpaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Beilschmiedia tarairi

Beilschmiedia tarairi

Common name: taraire

Family: Lauraceae

Status: Not Threatened

Beilschmiedia tawa

Beilschmiedia tawa

Common name: tawa

Family: Lauraceae

Status: Not Threatened

Brachyglottis hectorii

Brachyglottis hectorii

Common name: Hector’s tree daisy

Family: Asteraceae

Status: Not Threatened

Brachyglottis huntii

Brachyglottis huntii

Common name: rautini, Chatham Island Christmas tree

Family: Asteraceae

Status: Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable

Brachyglottis monroi

Brachyglottis monroi

Common name: Monro’s groundsel

Family: Asteraceae

Status: Not Threatened

Brachyglottis repanda

Brachyglottis repanda

Common name: rangiora, bushman’s toilet paper, bushman’s friend

Family: Asteraceae

Status: Not Threatened

Carmichaelia australis

Carmichaelia australis

Common name: common broom

Family: Fabaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Carmichaelia glabrescens

Carmichaelia glabrescens

Common name: pink broom

Family: Fabaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Carmichaelia kirkii

Carmichaelia kirkii

Common name: Climbing broom, Kirk’s broom

Family: Fabaceae

Status: Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable

Carmichaelia stevensonii

Carmichaelia stevensonii

Common name: Weeping tree broom, cord broom

Family: Fabaceae

Status: Threatened – Nationally Endangered

Carmichaelia williamsii

Carmichaelia williamsii

Common name: William’s Broom, Giant-flowered broom

Family: Fabaceae

Status: At Risk – Relict

Carpodetus serratus

Carpodetus serratus

Common name: putaputawētā, marbleleaf

Family: Rousseaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Clianthus puniceus

Clianthus puniceus

Common name: kākābeak, kōwhai ngutu-kākā, kākā beak

Family: Fabaceae

Status: Threatened – Nationally Critical

Coprosma acerosa

Coprosma acerosa

Common name: sand coprosma, tātaraheke

Family: Rubiaceae

Status: At Risk – Declining

Coprosma intertexta

Coprosma intertexta

Family: Rubiaceae

Status: At Risk – Declining

Coprosma linariifolia

Coprosma linariifolia

Common name: mikimiki, yellow wood

Family: Rubiaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Coprosma lucida

Coprosma lucida

Common name: karamū, shining karamū

Family: Rubiaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Coprosma propinqua var. propinqua

Coprosma propinqua var. propinqua

Common name: mingimingi

Family: Rubiaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Coprosma repens

Coprosma repens

Common name: taupata, looking glass plant, mirror plant

Family: Rubiaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Coprosma rubra

Coprosma rubra

Family: Rubiaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Cordyline australis

Cordyline australis

Common name: cabbage tree, tī, tī kōuka, palm lily

Family: Asparagaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Cordyline banksii

Cordyline banksii

Common name: tī ngahere, cabbage tree, tī rakau

Family: Asparagaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Cordyline indivisa

Cordyline indivisa

Common name: tōī, broad-leaved cabbage tree, mountain cabbage tree

Family: Asparagaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Cordyline obtecta

Cordyline obtecta

Common name: Three Kings cabbage tree

Family: Asparagaceae

Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon

Corokia cotoneaster

Corokia cotoneaster

Common name: korokio, wire-nettting bush

Family: Argophyllaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Corokia macrocarpa

Corokia macrocarpa

Common name: hokataka, whakataka

Family: Argophyllaceae

Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon

Corynocarpus laevigatus

Corynocarpus laevigatus

Common name: karaka, kopi

Family: Corynocarpaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Dacrycarpus dacrydioides

Dacrycarpus dacrydioides

Common name: kahikatea, white pine

Family: Podocarpaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Dacrydium cupressinum

Dacrydium cupressinum

Common name: rimu, red pine

Family: Podocarpaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Discaria toumatou

Discaria toumatou

Common name: matagouri, tūmatakuru

Family: Rhamnaceae

Status: At Risk – Declining

Dodonaea viscosa

Dodonaea viscosa

Common name: akeake

Family: Sapindaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Didymocheton spectabilis

Didymocheton spectabilis

Common name: kohekohe, New Zealand mahogany

Family: Meliaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Elaeocarpus dentatus var. dentatus

Elaeocarpus dentatus var. dentatus

Common name: hīnau

Family: Elaeocarpaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Elaeocarpus hookerianus

Elaeocarpus hookerianus

Common name: pōkākā

Family: Elaeocarpaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Elingamita johnsonii

Elingamita johnsonii

Common name: Elingamita

Family: Primulaceae

Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon

Entelea arborescens

Entelea arborescens

Common name: whau

Family: Malvaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Fuchsia excorticata

Fuchsia excorticata

Common name: kōtukutuku, tree fuchsia

Family: Onagraceae

Status: Not Threatened

Griselinia littoralis

Griselinia littoralis

Common name: broadleaf, kāpuka, papauma

Family: Griseliniaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Griselinia lucida

Griselinia lucida

Common name: puka, akapuka

Family: Griseliniaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Halocarpus biformis

Halocarpus biformis

Common name: pink pine, yellow pine

Family: Podocarpaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Helichrysum parvifolium

Helichrysum parvifolium

Family: Asteraceae

Status: Not Threatened

Helichrysum plumeum

Helichrysum plumeum

Family: Asteraceae

Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon

Hoheria angustifolia

Hoheria angustifolia

Common name: narrow-leaved houhere

Family: Malvaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Pseudopanax chathamicus

Pseudopanax chathamicus

Common name: hoho, Chatham Island lancewood

Family: Araliaceae

Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon

Pseudopanax crassifolius

Pseudopanax crassifolius

Common name: horoeka, lancewood

Family: Araliaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Pseudopanax ferox

Pseudopanax ferox

Common name: fierce lancewood

Family: Araliaceae

Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon

Pseudopanax laetus

Pseudopanax laetus

Family: Araliaceae

Status: At Risk – Declining

Pseudopanax lessonii

Pseudopanax lessonii

Common name: Houpara

Family: Araliaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Pseudowintera colorata

Pseudowintera colorata

Common name: red horopito, mountain horopito, alpine peppertree

Family: Winteraceae

Status: Not Threatened

Quintinia serrata

Quintinia serrata

Common name: tāwheowheo, quintinia

Family: Paracryphiaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Raoulia eximia

Raoulia eximia

Common name: vegetable sheep

Family: Asteraceae

Status: Not Threatened

Rhabdothamnus solandri

Rhabdothamnus solandri

Common name: New Zealand gloxinia, taurepo, kaikaiatua, mata, matata, waiuatua

Family: Gesneriaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Rhopalostylis sapida

Rhopalostylis sapida

Common name: nīkau

Family: Arecaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Schefflera digitata

Schefflera digitata

Common name: patatē, patē, seven-finger

Family: Araliaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Solanum aviculare var. aviculare

Solanum aviculare var. aviculare

Common name: poroporo

Family: Solanaceae

Status: Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable

Sophora longicarinata

Sophora longicarinata

Common name: limestone kōwhai

Family: Fabaceae

Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon

Sophora microphylla

Sophora microphylla

Common name: kōwhai, weeping kōwhai, small-leaved kōwhai

Family: Fabaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Sophora prostrata

Sophora prostrata

Common name: kōwhai, prostrate kōwhai

Family: Fabaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Sophora tetraptera

Sophora tetraptera

Common name: kōwhai, large-leaved kōwhai

Family: Fabaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Teucrium parvifolium

Teucrium parvifolium

Common name: teucridium

Family: Lamiaceae

Status: At Risk – Declining

Veronica albicans

Veronica albicans

Common name: hebe

Family: Plantaginaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Veronica armstrongii

Veronica armstrongii

Common name: Armstrong’s whipcord

Family: Plantaginaceae

Status: Threatened – Nationally Endangered

Veronica benthamii

Veronica benthamii

Common name: Bentham’s hebe

Family: Plantaginaceae

Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon

Veronica biggarii

Veronica biggarii

Common name: Biggar’s hebe

Family: Plantaginaceae

Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon

Veronica chathamica

Veronica chathamica

Common name: Chatham Island koromiko

Family: Plantaginaceae

Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon

Veronica decumbens

Veronica decumbens

Common name: hebe

Family: Plantaginaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Veronica diosmifolia

Veronica diosmifolia

Common name: hebe

Family: Plantaginaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Veronica elliptica

Veronica elliptica

Common name: kōkōmuka, shore hebe, shore koromiko

Family: Plantaginaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Veronica hulkeana subsp. hulkeana

Veronica hulkeana subsp. hulkeana

Common name: NZ lilac

Family: Plantaginaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Veronica lavaudiana

Veronica lavaudiana

Common name: Banks Peninsula sun hebe

Family: Plantaginaceae

Status: At Risk – Declining

Veronica macrantha var. macrantha

Veronica macrantha var. macrantha

Common name: hebe

Family: Plantaginaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Veronica odora

Veronica odora

Common name: hebe

Family: Plantaginaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Veronica salicifolia

Veronica salicifolia

Common name: koromiko

Family: Plantaginaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Veronica speciosa

Veronica speciosa

Common name: purple hebe

Family: Plantaginaceae

Status: At Risk – Declining

Veronica topiaria

Veronica topiaria

Family: Plantaginaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Veronica townsonii

Veronica townsonii

Common name: hebe

Family: Plantaginaceae

Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon

Vitex lucens

Vitex lucens

Common name: pūriri

Family: Lamiaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Pterophylla racemosa

Pterophylla racemosa

Common name: kāmahi, tawheo, tawhero, tawherowhero

Family: Cunoniaceae

Status: Not Threatened

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