native plants auckland
Looking for native plants in Auckland to enhance your garden, restore natural habitats, or simply bring a touch of local beauty into your outdoor space? Auckland is home to a wealth of unique native plant species that thrive in the city’s climate, providing resilience, biodiversity, and a quintessential Kiwi charm. Whether you’re a home gardener, landscaper, or conservation enthusiast, choosing native plants in Auckland helps support healthy ecosystems, attracts local wildlife, and ensures your garden is naturally suited to local conditions.
Coprosma acerosa
Coprosma acerosa, also known as Sand Coprosma or Tātaraheke, is a hardy New Zealand native groundcover well-suited to exposed and coastal environments. It features dense, tangled, prostrate growth with delicate, needle-like foliage in shades of green to bronze. This tough plant is excellent for erosion control, dune stabilisation, and low-maintenance landscaping. It thrives in sandy, free-draining soils and tolerates wind, salt spray, and drought once established, making it an ideal choice for native, coastal, or dry gardens.
From $7.50
Pimelea prostrata 'Blue Peter'
Pimelea prostrata 'Blue Peter', commonly known as Pinatoro or the NZ Daphne plant, is a mat-forming, NZ native, ground cover plant. It has small, blue foliage which becomes adorned with fragrant, white flowers in spring and results in white berries. This evergreen typically grows to 10 cm tall and 50 cm wide. Pimelea prostrata 'Blue Peter' is commonly used as a groundcover, added to coastal plantings, included in rock gardens, planted around outdoor living areas, grown on a bank, or positioned so it can spill out over a path or over a wall.
From $23.39
