Myrsine australis
(mapau, red matipo)
Temporarily Out of Stock
Details:
Foliage Colour: | Green |
Height: | 500 cm |
Width: | 300 cm |
Growth per Annum: | Medium |
Climate: | Half Hardy |
Sun: | Full Sun |
Soil: | Dry, Moist |
Category: | Tree |
Features: | Native. Attractive to birds, lizards and insects. Flower colour: Cream. Suitable restoration species. |
Forms a handsome large shrub or tree with distinctive red branchlets and wavy leaf margins. Similar in appearance to Pittosporum tenuifolium. The white 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: December - April
Fruiting: October - February [Fruit: Black]
Prices
Each | 20 or more | 50 or more | |
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2l Pot | $8.50 | $8.00 | $ |