Prices:

	Each	20 or more
2.5L Pot	$9.50	$9.00

Details:

Type:	Tree
Growth Rate:	Medium
Mature Height:	5 m
Mature Width:	4 m
Site Condition:	Coastal, Exposed, Frost Tolerant, Heavy Soil, Loamy Soil, Sandy Soil
Sun:	Part Shade
Drainage:	Dry, Moist
Frosts:	Half Hardy
Features:	Attractive to birds, insects and lizards. Rongoa. Low Flammability. Flower colour: White. Foliage colour: Green. Fruit colour: Black. Native. Suitable restoration species.

Myrsine australis, or Red Matipo, forms a handsome large shrub or tree with distinctive red branchlets and wavy leaf margins. Similar in appearance to Pittosporum tenuifolium. The cream flowers and later the black fruit are in clusters below the leaves. Used as a specimen, shrub border or hedge.

Habitat: Occurs in lowland forests. Common tree of regenerating and mature forest in coastal to montane situations.

Flowering: Spring - Summer [September - February]
Fruiting:    Autumn [March - October]