Rhododendron Purple Lace
Hoheria populnea Purple Wave (Purple Lacebark)
Hoheria populnea Purple Wave, commonly known as Purple Lacebark, is a quick growing, small, NZ native tree that features colourful foliage. The serrated leaves have a green topside and a purple underside, and are held densely on slender branches. The tree becomes smothered in white, blossom like flowers through summer as it grows to 5 m tall and 2.5 m wide. Hoheria Purple Wave is commonly included in a mixed planting, planted as a quick growing shelter tree, used for screening, or grown as a specimen. It also suits being used in revegetation and riparian plantings.
Acer palmatum palmatum Villa Taranto (Acer Villa Taranto)
Acer palmatum Villa Taranto is an impressive Japanese Maple with its rich display of delicate and colourful foliage. Leaves emerge purple-red in spring, age to a mix of yellow, yellow, and purple in summer, then turn colourful shades of yellow and orange in autumn before falling. This deciduous tree typically grows with a rounded shape to about 3 m tall and 2 m wide. Acer Villa Taranto is a magnificent specimen and is ideal for mixed plantings, planting against a stark wall, or for using anywhere the spectacular colour can be enjoyed.
