Planting Tips

Attracting native wildlife to your garden

Design your garden as a welcoming home for native wildlife and you’ll double the enjoyment it brings. Even small spaces can attract birds like tūī, bellbird, and kererū in search of nectar and fruit, while insect-eaters such as fantails and silvereyes thrive in gardens rich with natural insect life. Mulch and leaf litter encourage healthy ecosystems, and birds help with pollination, pest control, and beautiful birdsong – making your garden lively year-round.

  • Aristotelia serrata – makomako
  • Carpodetus serratus – putaputawētā
  • Corynocarpus laevigatus – karaka
  • Coprosma species & cultivars
  • Dacrycarpus dacrydioides – kahikatea
  • Elaeocarpus hookerianus – pokaka
  • Fuchsia excorticata – kōtukutuku
  • Griselinia littoralis – kapuka
  • Lophomyrtus obcordata – rōhutu
  • Macropiper excelsum – kawakawa
  • Melicope simplex – poataniwha
  • Melicytus ramiflorus – māhoe
  • Myoporum laetum – ngaio
  • Myrsine australis – māpou
  • Olearia species – tree daisies
  • Pennantia corymbosa – kaikōmako
  • Pittosporum eugenioides – tarata
  • Pittosporum tenuifolium – kōhūhū
  • Plagianthus regius – manatu
  • Podocarpus totara – tōtara
  • Podocarpus nivalis – mountain tōtara
  • Prumnopitys ferruginea – miro
  • Prumnopitys taxifolia – mataī
  • Pseudopanax species & cultivars
  • Pseudowintera colorata – horopito
  • Raukaua anomolus
  • Schefflera digitata – patēte
  • Vitex lucens – pūriri
  • Clianthus puniceus – kakabeak
  • Clematis ssp.
  • Cordyline australis – tī kōuka
  • Fuchsia excorticata – kōtukutuku
  • Hebe species & cultivars
  • Knightia excelsa – rewarewa
  • Kunzea robusta
  • Leptospermum scoparium
  • Melicytus ramiflorus – māhoe
  • Metrosideros ssp.
  • Muehlenbeckia astonii – shrubby pōhuehue
  • Myoporum laetum – Ngaio
  • Myrsine australis – māpou
  • Parahebe ssp.
  • Phormium cookianum – wharariki
  • Phormium tenax – harakeke
  • Sophora species – kōwhai
  • Tecomanthe ssp.
  • Carpodetus serratus – putaputawētā
  • Coprosma ssp. & cultivars
  • Fuchsia excorticata – kōtukutuku
  • Griselinia littoralis – kapuka
  • Melicytus ramiflorus – māhoe
  • Prumnopitys ferruginea – miro
  • Prumnopitys taxifolia – mataī
  • Podocarpus totara – tōtara
  • Pseudopanax crassifolius – horoeka
  • Pseudopanax ferox – toothed lancewood
  • Parsonsia ssp.
  • Coprosma species & cultivars
  • Coprosma robusta
  • Melicytus ramiflorus – māhoe
  • Myrsine australis – māpou
  • Muehlenbeckia axillaris – creeping pōhuehue
  • Muehlenbeckia complexa – white-fruited pōhuehue
  • Lobelia angulata – panakenake
  • Melicytus alpinus – porcupine shrub
  • Melicytus micranthus – manakura
  • Aristotelia serrata – makomako
  • Carpodetus serratus – putaputawētā
  • Cordyline australis – tī kōuka
  • Fuchsia excorticata – kōtukutuku
  • Hedycarya arborea – porokaiwhiri
  • Helichrysum lanceolatum – niniao
  • Hoheria angustifolia – houhere
  • Leptospermum scoparium – mānuka
  • Lophomyrtus obcordata – rōhutu
  • Macropiper excelsum – kawakawa
  • Muehlenbeckia astonii – shrubby pōhuehue
  • Olearia species – tree daisies
  • Pennantia corymbosa – kaikōmako
  • Pittosporum tenuifolium – kōhūhū
  • Plagianthus regius – manatu
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