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medium sized evergreen trees

Medium sized evergreen trees are the perfect solution for New Zealand gardens seeking year-round structure, privacy, and lasting colour without overwhelming your space. If you’re looking to create a sheltered haven, enhance a driveway with elegant form, or fill a landscape gap with lush, persistent foliage, choosing the right evergreen can transform your garden while fitting into an average urban section.

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Feijoa 'Apollo'

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Feijoa 'Apollo' trees produce tasty, medium-sized fruit in late autumn. This evergreen shrub typically grows to 3 m tall and 2 m wide but can be trimmed to smaller sizes. Feijoa 'Apollo' is commonly grown for fruit production, trimmed into a hedge, used for screening, or added to a mixed planting. The Plant Company recommends planting at least two varieties of Feijoa to provide longer fruiting and this will also help with cross-pollination.

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Suited to regions: All regions
Plant type: Fruit Trees
Height: 3.00 m
Spread: 2.00 m
Flowering time: Summer
Garden uses: Containers, Hedging, Screening
Garden styles: Backyard, City & Courtyard, Formal, Frontyard, Modern, Tropical
'Hass' Avocado fruit.

Avocado 'Hass'

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Avocado 'Hass' is the world’s most popular avocado variety, prized for its rich, creamy texture and excellent flavour. This evergreen fruit tree is highly productive in NZ conditions and produces medium sized fruit that ripen over a long season. With its pebbly dark green to black skin and reliable performance, 'Hass' is the ideal choice for home orchards and lifestyle blocks. It combines commercial quality fruit with the satisfaction of home growing.

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Suited to regions: Subtropical, Temperate
Plant type: Fruit Trees
Height: 5.00 m
Spread: 4.00 m
Flowering time: Spring
Garden uses: Pool areas, Screening
Garden styles: Backyard, City & Courtyard, Frontyard, Japanese, Modern, Tropical
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Olive Verdale

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Acer platanoides Autumn Red is a variety of the commonly known Plane-Laved Maple, and is a medium sized, deciduous tree with fantastically coloured...

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Schinus molle (California Pepper Tree)

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Olea Leccino is a variety of Olive tree grown for its high-quality fruit. The medium-sized, dark purple-black fruit have a distinct, sweet taste and...

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Acer platanoides Princeton Gold (Princeton Gold Maple Tree)

Acer platanoides Princeton Gold is a variety of the commonly known, Plane-Leaved Maple, and is a medium sized tree with fantastic foliage. The leaves...

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Olive Rakino

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Acer Red Sunset

Acer rubrum Red Sunset is a medium-sized, deciduous tree that features fantastic autumn colours. The lush foliage emerges mid-green in spring...

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Cedrela sinensis Flamingo (Toon Tree)

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Magnolia JC Williams (Magnolia Tree JC Williams)

Magnolia JC Williams bears masses of large and showy, rose-purple flowers through late winter and early spring. These are borne on the naked stems...

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Magnolia Margaret Helen is a deciduous tree that bears masses of large and showy, rose-pink flowers through late winter and early spring. These are...

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Apricot Royal Rosa

Apricot Royal Rosa produces high yields of orange coloured fruit through summer. The fruit are medium sized, firm, sweet, and juicy. This deciduous...

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Apricot Sundrop produces high yields of orange coloured fruit with a red blush through summer. The fruit are medium sized, firm, sweet, and juicy...

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Magnolia Strawberry Fields (Strawberry Fields Magnolia Tree)

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Feijoa 'Apollo'

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Why Choose Medium Sized Evergreen Trees?

Medium sized evergreen trees offer a balanced compromise between visual impact and manageability. Typically reaching heights of 5-10 metres, these versatile trees provide screening, wind protection, and a stable green backdrop through every season. Their reliable nature means lower maintenance compared to deciduous options, as they retain their leaves and offer consistent cover all year round.

Popular Medium Sized Evergreen Trees in New Zealand

There’s a wonderful diversity of medium sized evergreens suitable for New Zealand conditions. While some, like Sequoiadendron giganteum (Sequoia gigantea Tree), are renowned for their grandeur, younger specimens are often selected for screening and can be kept within a medium size with careful pruning. For a contemporary, Mediterranean feel, species such as Olive Verdale bring silver-green foliage and a neat, clipped outline to garden designs while maturing at a manageable height.

If you’re looking for dual-purpose trees, consider fruiting evergreens like Avocado 'Hass' and Avocado 'Bacon'. These varieties offer both delicious, home-grown fruit and lush green canopies, perfect for adding value and beauty to your outdoor living space.

Design Ideas Using Medium Sized Evergreen Trees

Medium sized evergreen trees can be planted as feature specimens, informal hedges, or in mixed borders. For streetscape appeal or defining property boundaries, try alternating varieties like Sequoiadendron giganteum (Sequoia gigantea Tree) with natives or contrasting foliage plants. In Mediterranean or modern gardens, neat rows of Olive Verdale create a timeless look. If you want a mixed canopy, underplant with shrubs and smaller evergreens for texture and colour all year.

Choose trees with leaf, flower, or fruit interest to enhance biodiversity and attract wildlife — for example, planting a fruiting avocado alongside an ornamental tree like Acer platanoides Nigrum can give your garden both shade and seasonal highlights.

Planting and Care Tips

To help your medium sized evergreen trees thrive, select a spot with the right balance of sunlight and shelter from strong winds. Ensure good drainage and enrich your soil with organic matter before planting. Water deeply during dry periods, mulch to reduce root competition, and consider formative pruning in the early years to shape growth. With the right start, these dependable evergreens will provide structure, privacy, and lasting appeal for many seasons to come.

Explore our curated collection of medium sized evergreen trees and discover how these versatile plants can elevate your New Zealand landscape.

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