Plagianthus divaricatus
(Makaka, Salt Marsh Ribbonwood)

Plagianthus divaricatus
(Makaka, Salt Marsh Ribbonwood)

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Foliage Colour: Green
Growth Rate: Medium
Mature Height: 2 m
Mature Width: 1.5 m
Site Condition: Coastal, Exposed, Frost Tolerant, Heavy Soil, Loamy Soil, Sandy Soil, Salty, Windy
Sun: Full Sun
Drainage: Moist, Wet
Category: Shrub
Features: Native. Suitable for hedging or shelter. Attractive to birds, insects and bees. Flower colour: Yellow. Suitable restoration species.

Plagianthus divaricatus, commonly called Salt Marsh Ribbonwood, is a dense twiggy shrub with small narrow leaves. Small sweetly scented flowers. Good hedging, deciduous, cold hardy. Will tolerate salt winds and wet soils. It can be found in association with (but not limited to) Coprosma propinqua, Muehlenbeckia complexa, Cyperus ustulatus, and Phormium tenax.

Found in sheltered coastal shorelines throughout New Zealand, in areas with salt swamp, sandy banks and throughout estuaries. As its common name suggests, it is salt and wet tolerant. As with P. regius, it has a juvenile and adult form where the leaves become larger as it grows. Used as a coastal wetland and restoration plant.

Habitat: Found alongside salty swamps or damp gravelly places in coastal regions.

Flowering: Spring [September - November]
Fruiting:    Summer [December - March]

Tags: ErosionControl, Rongoa, Wetland

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