tall native trees nz
If you’re looking to transform your landscape with stature, beauty, and biodiversity, choosing tall native trees NZ gardeners love is a wise and rewarding decision. New Zealand’s towering natives offer everything from wildlife habitats and natural shade to stunning seasonal displays, making them ideal for shelterbelts, privacy screens, or statement feature trees in large gardens and lifestyle blocks. Let’s explore some of the most iconic and versatile tall native trees NZ has to offer, along with tips on how and where they thrive best.
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides (Kahikatea)
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides, commonly known as Kahikatea or White Pine, is a slow-growing, NZ native tree capable of reaching 50 m tall. The foliage on juvenile trees is dark green and feathery but shortens to become somewhat scale-like as the tree matures. Dacrycarpus dacrydioides is suited to revegetation plantings or for growing as a specimen in a large garden or park.
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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
