Silver Wattle - Small tree up to 12 metres. Excellent shelter belt and firewood tree. Hardy. 

Blackwood - Suitable as shelter tree but grown mainly for the beauty of it’s timber. Moderately hardy. 30 x 15m

Italian Alder - Handsome, fast growing deciduous tree. Suitable for dry or moist soils. Glossy, dark green leaves. 12 x 8m

Common Alder - Quick growing,deciduous and tolerant of a wide range of sites. Particularly suitable for wet sites and withstands colder conditions. 8 x 6m

Red Alder - Medium sized, fast growing deciduous tree. Long, elegant catkins in spring. Deciduous. 9 x 6m

Paper Birch - Medium deciduous tree with smooth papery bark. Yellow autumn colour. 9 x 5m

Silver Birch - Medium deciduous tree with mottled grey/silver bark. Yellow autumn colour. Hardy. 8 x 5m

Manchurian Birch - Large deciduous tree with white bark. Good autumn colour. 20m

Atlas cedar is another tall tree and is hardy to drought and exposure climates. Its foliage is green to blue-grey. 12 x 6m in the garden, 30m

Himalayan Cedar - Large conifer suitable for specimen or shelter. 8 x 5m in the garden, 40-60m

Tree Lucerne - Vigorous shrub. Stock fodder, masses of white flowers attracting native birds and bees. Foliage attracts wood pigeons. Damaged by hard frosts. 8-10m

Also known as the South Island toetoe (however will grow in most conditions New Zealand wide) and is found alongside water, scrub and sand dunes. Grows to about 1.5 metres in height and reaches 3 metres with its cream plumed flower heads.

Cutting grown, nut variety with good nut numbers. 4 x 3m

Common Hazel. Hardy shrub/small tree bearing edible nuts. Grown from seed. 4 x 3m

Leyland Cypress - Fast shelter tree noted for smaller branching habit. Proposed as a possible timber tree. Don’t forget that all the Leylands have no viable seed!  

Hardy shelter tree, very suitable in colder and drier areas. 

Most popular shelter tree. Vigorous growing for fast shelter. Don’t forget all Leylands have no viable seed!

Good shelter tree able to tolerate coastal conditions. Tidy form. 

Fast growing shelter tree – also suitable for timber. 

Hardy shelter tree with gold colour. 

Attractive shelter tree of different clone. More of a weeping habit. Bluish in colour. We commonly refer to this variety as Telephone Numbers

Very blue form of Arizonica. Attractive free standing or as hedge 5 x 4 

Arizona Cypress - Hardy conifer suitable for shelter. Withstands dry conditions. Good hedging. 10m

Mexican Cypress - Medium to large tree suitable for timber or shelter. Hardy. 10-20m

Fast growing, hardy timber tree tolerant of a wide range of conditions. Southland seed source

Graceful, medium to large sized conifer. Useful for shelter. Hardy. 10m

Tasmanian Silver Gum. Vigorous. Medium size. Coastal. 10x 5m

Large,fast growing tree. Useful for shelter and firewood crops. 

Medium sized tree suitable for shelter or firewood.  

European Larch. Large, hardy deciduous conifer. Golden autumn colour. 

Also known as Ngaio this tree forms an attractive rounded tree up to 6m tall. Its leaves are green lance-shaped and are dotted with oil glands. In summer it has small white flowers with purple markings.

Also known as Red Beech this 20-30m tree sheds its old leaves (which take on a red colour) in late spring. The timber is also durable and of a reddish colour.

Silver Beech has tiny oval leaves with serrated edges that are a glossy dark green. It has similar characteristics to Red Beech however the trunk is a silvery grey and the timber is paler.

Black Beech tends to reach about 9-12 metres in the garden and up to 24m in the wild. As with all Beech this is another New Zealand icon.

This beech has small shiny oval green leaves and grows quickly. Has quite attractive foliage and is known as Mountain Beech.

Hard Beech. This beech has lush green serrated leaves and grows upwards of 30m tall

Shrub or small tree to about 2-4m that has light green leaves with wavy margins. It also has fragrant flowers in summer.

Also called ‘Mountain Flax’ (although it is found from sea level to 1370 metres) this species is perfect for revegetation and also a fine addition to any garden. This flax also grows to about 1.5metres in height without the flowers which will bring the plant up to 2metres.

New Zealand Flax’ can grow taller to 3metres and the flowering stalks can grow between 1.5 to 4metres.

Swiss Mountain Pine. Small, bushy tree. Hardy. Suitable for low shelter and as an ornamental. 4 x 8m

Corsican Pine. Hardy timber tree tolerating light, dry soils. Also useful as a shelter tree.

Italian Stone Pine. Very hardy, medium sized tree. Edible seeds (Pine Nuts).  6 x 5m

Western Yellow Pine. Hardy timber and shelter tree, tolerating light, dry soils. 25x7m

Monterey Pine. New Zealand’s most important production forest tree. We will quote on large orders. 

Scots Pine. Pine tree with a nice round crown. Bluish foliage.

Kohuhu has shiny light green leaves and wavy margins. It grows to about 4-6m and has honey-scented dark red flowers in spring

Totara. Large forest tree to about 25m. Important historically for various timber uses due to it’s rot resistance.

Rough Barked Black Poplar. Sturdy tree with open crown. Hardy. 30m

Narrow crown similar to Lombardy Poplar however is much more rust resistant

Popular, well-known Lombardy poplar. Rust prone in some areas.

Narrow crowned tree. Requires moist soils but is hardy. 25-35m

Fast growing poplar with large leaves that may have great autumn colour.

Vigorous poplar with wide crown. 

Italian hybrid poplar. Good form tree – prefers good sites. 

Aspen Poplar. Fast growing tree that can be used for shelter. Like all poplars it looks great with it’s winter foliage. 10-25m x 10m

One of the Balsam poplars. Attractive and shapely. Not preferred by possums. 30m

Hardy tree with good wind tolerance. 30m

Silver poplar. Tolerates dry soils and coastal conditions. 30m

Large, wide-crowned poplar, suited to cold and drier conditions. 25m

Portugese Laurel - Very hardy large shrub to 6m. Glossy foliage. Suitable for hedging and low shelter. 

Douglas fir – Large conifer for timber or shelter. Prefers moist soils and cold winters. We will quote on large orders.

Pussy Willow

Fodder Willow

Weeping Willow – Popular willow for it’s graceful appearance

Pussy Willow

Golden Weeping Willow – Gold coloured bark make an already appealing tree more desirable

Matsudana willow. Narrow and upright, bred for horticulture shelter. Tolerates wet sites. 

Matsudana willow. Narrow and upright. Suitable for wetter conditions. 

Tortured Willow

Large stately tree preferring moist sites. Timber potential. 

Hardy,very large tree with tapered trunk. Good shelter performing well on gravels. Excellent specimen tree. 

A good shelter species due to its low dense branch habit and it can grow to about 25m.

Hardy shrub to 3m. Tolerates wide range of conditions. Masses of white flowers. Good low shelter and for clipping into a neat hedge.