evergreen lollipop trees
Searching for evergreen lollipop trees for your garden? These distinctive, ball-shaped beauties deliver year-round colour and striking form, making them a favourite for Kiwi landscapes. Whether you’re after a classic clipped globe, a small specimen for a patio pot, or a stunning focal point, evergreen lollipop trees add style and structure without losing their leaves. In New Zealand gardens, they thrive thanks to their resilience and the visual appeal of their perfect, green spheres. If you want to explore versatile varieties or find inspiration for your next plant purchase, read on for practical tips and links to lollipop-shaped evergreens that fit our unique climate and your landscaping needs.
Lagunaria patersonia
Lagunaria patersonia, commonly known as the Primrose Tree, is an attractive, evergreen tree featuring lovely flowers. The showy, single flowers are produced from summer through autumn and start out pink but gradually fade to white. They are great for attracting birds and bees and are complemented with lush, olive-green foliage as it grows to 10 m tall and 6 m wide though. Lagunaria patersonia is commonly grown as a specimen, maintained in a courtyard or cottage garden, added to a mixed planting, or used in an avenue planting.
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Sequoiadendron giganteum (Sequoia gigantea Tree)
Sequoiadendron giganteum, commonly known as the Giant Redwood, is a large, evergreen tree and aptly named for its red coloured wood. It features feathery, dark green foliage which is held on broad branches emerging off a central trunk as it grows to about 60 m tall and 20 m wide over several hundred years. The Giant Redwood is commonly grown as a specimen, planted to provide shelter, or used for timber production.
