Suited to regions: | Subtropical, Temperate |
Plant type: | Shrubs |
Height: | 5.00 m |
Spread: | 3.00 m |
Flowering time: | Summer |
Tolerances: | Coastal, Extended dry periods, Hardy |
Garden uses: | Avenues, Hedging, Living areas, Parks, Ponds, Pool areas, Screening, Specimen |
Garden styles: | Backyard, City & Courtyard, Coastal, Formal, Frontyard, Japanese, Mediterranean, Modern, Native |
Easy to grow? | Yes |
Maintenance requirements | Low |
Growth rate | Medium |
Metrosideros excelsa ‘Vibrance’ is one of the brightest Pohutukawa varieties. It features large, bright, scarlet-coloured flowers with an orange glow in summer. It is an upright plant with a compact form and attractive grey-green foliage. Between both the flowers and the foliage, Metrosideros ‘Vibrance’ is a stunning plant, hence its popularity. It typically grows to 5 m tall and 3 m wide, performing best when planted in full sun on a well-drained site. It is tolerant of poor soils, dry periods, coastal climates, and frost once established. This Pohutukawa is an excellent choice for coastal gardens, adding to a mixed planting, maintaining in a container, growing as a specimen, or trimming into a loose hedge. This NZ Christmas tree also suits avenue planting.
“Pax” is a variety of Azalea grown for its lovely form and profuse flowering. This hardy, evergreen shrub produces masses of showy, fragrant...
Grevillea ‘Ignite’, commonly known as Spider Flower, is a fast growing, dense shrub which is grown for its spikes of exquisite, bright red and...
Escallonia ‘Red Elf’ is renowned for its masses of quaint flowers. Lush and glossy, green leaves give way to showy clusters of red flowers through...
Griselinia littoralis ‘Gecko Green’, commonly known as NZ Broadleaf or Kapuka, is a NZ native, evergreen shrub that is often grown as a hedge. The...