small native trees
Looking to add beauty and biodiversity to your garden with small native trees? In New Zealand gardens, small native trees offer the perfect solution for compact spaces, urban backyards, and areas where shelter, privacy, and birdlife are all priorities. These resilient species have adapted to our unique environment, bringing year-round interest, low maintenance requirements, and ecological benefits right to your doorstep. Whether you’re landscaping a modern courtyard, refreshing an established garden, or starting a nature-friendly planting project, there are small native trees to suit every situation.
Magnolia Amethyst Flame (Amethyst Flame Magnolia Tree)
Magnolia Amethyst Flame is a smaller tree that bears masses of large and showy, bright red-purple flowers in late winter and early spring on the naked stems, before the foliage emerges. It typically grows to 2.5 m tall and 1.5 m wide and can be trimmed as necessary. Magnolia Amethyst Flame is commonly grown as a specimen, added to a mixed planting, included in cottage gardens, planted around outdoor living areas, or used line or border an entrance.
Kunzea robusta
Kunzea robusta, commonly known as Kanuka or the White Tea Tree, is a fast-growing, NZ native tree. It features small, dark green leaves that release a pleasant fragrance when touched or in a light breeze. Small, white flowers are borne in abundance through summer and are great for attracting birds and bees. This evergreen typically grows to 8 m in height and 4 m in width, and can be trimmed as necessary. Kunzea robusta is commonly grown for its sheltering properties, clipped into a slender hedge, or used in native revegetation and riparian plantings.
From $205.02
