The following list of trees and shrubs can be readily grown in New Zealand gardens:
Agathis australis
Common name: Kauri
Family: Araucariaceae
Status: Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable
Alectryon excelsus subsp. excelsus
Common name: New Zealand ash, titoki
Family: Sapindaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Aristotelia serrata
Common name: makomako, wineberry
Family: Elaeocarpaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Beilschmiedia tarairi
Common name: taraire
Family: Lauraceae
Status: Not Threatened
Beilschmiedia tawa
Common name: tawa
Family: Lauraceae
Status: Not Threatened
Brachyglottis hectorii
Common name: Hector’s tree daisy
Family: Asteraceae
Status: Not Threatened
Brachyglottis huntii
Common name: rautini, Chatham Island Christmas tree
Family: Asteraceae
Status: Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable
Brachyglottis monroi
Common name: Monro’s groundsel
Family: Asteraceae
Status: Not Threatened
Brachyglottis repanda
Common name: rangiora, bushman’s toilet paper, bushman’s friend
Family: Asteraceae
Status: Not Threatened
Carmichaelia australis
Common name: common broom
Family: Fabaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Carmichaelia glabrescens
Common name: pink broom
Family: Fabaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Carmichaelia kirkii
Common name: Climbing broom, Kirk’s broom
Family: Fabaceae
Status: Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable
Carmichaelia stevensonii
Common name: Weeping tree broom, cord broom
Family: Fabaceae
Status: Threatened – Nationally Endangered
Carmichaelia williamsii
Common name: William’s Broom, Giant-flowered broom
Family: Fabaceae
Status: At Risk – Relict
Carpodetus serratus
Common name: putaputāwētā, marbleleaf
Family: Rousseaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Clianthus puniceus
Common name: kākābeak, kōwhai ngutu-kākā, kākā beak
Family: Fabaceae
Status: Threatened – Nationally Critical
Coprosma acerosa
Common name: sand coprosma
Family: Rubiaceae
Status: At Risk – Declining
Coprosma intertexta
Family: Rubiaceae
Status: At Risk – Declining
Coprosma linariifolia
Common name: Mikimiki, yellow wood
Family: Rubiaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Coprosma lucida
Common name: Karamu, shining karamu
Family: Rubiaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Coprosma propinqua var. propinqua
Common name: Mingimingi
Family: Rubiaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Coprosma repens
Common name: Taupata, looking glass plant, mirror plant
Family: Rubiaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Coprosma rubra
Family: Rubiaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Cordyline australis
Common name: cabbage tree, tī, tī kōuka, palm lily
Family: Asparagaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Cordyline banksii
Common name: Ti ngahere, cabbage tree, ti rakau
Family: Asparagaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Cordyline indivisa
Common name: tōī, broad-leaved cabbage tree, mountain cabbage tree
Family: Asparagaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Cordyline obtecta
Common name: Three Kings cabbage tree
Family: Asparagaceae
Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon
Corokia cotoneaster
Common name: korokio, wire-nettting bush
Family: Argophyllaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Corokia macrocarpa
Common name: hokataka, whakataka
Family: Argophyllaceae
Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon
Corynocarpus laevigatus
Common name: karaka, kopi
Family: Corynocarpaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides
Common name: Kahikatea, white pine
Family: Podocarpaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Dacrydium cupressinum
Common name: Rimu, red pine
Family: Podocarpaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Discaria toumatou
Common name: Matagouri
Family: Rhamnaceae
Status: At Risk – Declining
Dodonaea viscosa
Common name: Akeake
Family: Sapindaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Didymocheton spectabilis
Common name: kohekohe, New Zealand mahogany
Family: Meliaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Elaeocarpus dentatus var. dentatus
Common name: hīnau
Family: Elaeocarpaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Elaeocarpus hookerianus
Common name: pōkākā
Family: Elaeocarpaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Elingamita johnsonii
Common name: Elingamita
Family: Primulaceae
Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon
Entelea arborescens
Common name: whau
Family: Malvaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Fuchsia excorticata
Common name: kōtukutuku, tree fuchsia
Family: Onagraceae
Status: Not Threatened
Griselinia littoralis
Common name: broadleaf, kāpuka, papauma
Family: Griseliniaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Griselinia lucida
Common name: puka, akapuka
Family: Griseliniaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Halocarpus biformis
Common name: Pink pine, yellow pine
Family: Podocarpaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Helichrysum parvifolium
Family: Asteraceae
Status: Not Threatened
Helichrysum plumeum
Family: Asteraceae
Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon
Hoheria angustifolia
Common name: narrow-leaved houhere
Family: Malvaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Pseudopanax chathamicus
Common name: hoho, Chatham Island lancewood
Family: Araliaceae
Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon
Pseudopanax crassifolius
Common name: horoeka, lancewood
Family: Araliaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Pseudopanax ferox
Common name: fierce lancewood
Family: Araliaceae
Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon
Pseudopanax laetus
Family: Araliaceae
Status: At Risk – Declining
Pseudopanax lessonii
Common name: Houpara
Family: Araliaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Pseudowintera colorata
Common name: Red horopito, mountain horopito, alpine peppertree
Family: Winteraceae
Status: Not Threatened
Quintinia serrata
Common name: tāwheowheo, quintinia
Family: Paracryphiaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Raoulia eximia
Common name: vegetable sheep
Family: Asteraceae
Status: Not Threatened
Rhabdothamnus solandri
Common name: New Zealand gloxinia, taurepo, kaikaiatua, mata, matata, waiuatua
Family: Gesneriaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Rhopalostylis sapida
Common name: Nikau palm
Family: Arecaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Schefflera digitata
Common name: patatē, patē, seven-finger
Family: Araliaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Solanum aviculare var. aviculare
Common name: Poroporo
Family: Solanaceae
Status: Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable
Sophora longicarinata
Common name: limestone kōwhai
Family: Fabaceae
Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon
Sophora microphylla
Common name: kōwhai, weeping kōwhai, small-leaved kōwhai
Family: Fabaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Sophora prostrata
Common name: kōwhai, prostrate kōwhai
Family: Fabaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Sophora tetraptera
Common name: kōwhai, large-leaved kōwhai
Family: Fabaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Teucrium parvifolium
Common name: teucridium
Family: Lamiaceae
Status: At Risk – Declining
Veronica albicans
Common name: Hebe
Family: Plantaginaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Veronica armstrongii
Common name: Armstrongs Whipcord
Family: Plantaginaceae
Status: Threatened – Nationally Endangered
Veronica benthamii
Common name: Benthams Hebe
Family: Plantaginaceae
Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon
Veronica biggarii
Common name: Biggar’s Hebe
Family: Plantaginaceae
Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon
Veronica chathamica
Common name: Chatham Island koromiko
Family: Plantaginaceae
Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon
Veronica decumbens
Common name: Hebe
Family: Plantaginaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Veronica diosmifolia
Common name: Hebe
Family: Plantaginaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Veronica elliptica
Common name: Kokomuka, shore hebe, shore koromiko
Family: Plantaginaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Veronica hulkeana subsp. hulkeana
Common name: NZ lilac
Family: Plantaginaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Veronica lavaudiana
Common name: Banks Peninsula sun hebe
Family: Plantaginaceae
Status: At Risk – Declining
Veronica macrantha var. macrantha
Common name: Hebe
Family: Plantaginaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Veronica odora
Common name: Hebe
Family: Plantaginaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Veronica salicifolia
Common name: Koromiko
Family: Plantaginaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Veronica speciosa
Common name: Purple hebe
Family: Plantaginaceae
Status: At Risk – Declining
Veronica topiaria
Family: Plantaginaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Veronica townsonii
Common name: Hebe
Family: Plantaginaceae
Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon
Vitex lucens
Common name: pūriri
Family: Lamiaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Pterophylla racemosa
Common name: kāmahi, tawheo, tawhero, tawherowhero
Family: Cunoniaceae
Status: Not Threatened
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