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.
Prumnopitys taxifolia (Matai)
Prumnopitys taxifolia, commonly known as Matai or Black Pine, is a stately, NZ native tree with quite different juvenile and adult forms. The juvenile form has orange branches held with a tangled appearance and silver-coloured foliage. The tree eventually develops dense, yellow-green foliage and distinctive hammer mark patterns on the trunk. It typically grows to 10 m tall and 6 m wide in 10 years, but will eventually reach 25-30 m tall after several more decades. The different forms make Prumnopitys taxifolia both an unusual and attractive plant that is ideal for including in a mixed planting in a large garden or for using in a native revegetation project.
From $329.63
Kunzea robusta
Kunzea robusta (White Tea Tree) is a fast growing NZ native tree known for its fine foliage and masses of small white flowers that attract bees and pollinators. This hardy plant thrives in a wide range of conditions and is ideal for shelter, revegetation, and feature planting. It brings a natural look and strong ecological value to gardens and landscapes.
From $14.78
