13 June: Top 10 Plants of the Week

1 - Passiflora tetrandra. Passiflorceae. NZ Passion fruit. Climber with tendrils, dark waxy leaves with
 pointed tip, bright orange fruit from yellow flowers.

2 - Phormium tenax. Xanthorrhoeaceae. New Zealand Flax. Clumps of straplike leaves up to 2m,
flowers on tall shoots with alternate flowers of red.

3 - Rhopalostylis sapida. Arecaceae. Nikau palm. Only palm native to NZ, can grow up to 15m.

4 - Helichrysum coralloides. Asteraceae.  Whipcord, coral-like alpine plant covered in white hairs.

5 - Celmisia insignis 'Black Birch'. Asteraceae.  White spear-like leaves.

6 - Hebe cockayneana. Plantaginaceae. Compact and rounded habit of growth, elongated obovate
shaped leaves with pale leaf margin. Slow growing, max height 60-90cm

7 - Hebe topiaria . Plantaginaceae. Neat topiary like growth habit, compact grey-green leaves.
White flower racemes in early summer.

8 - Chionochloa beddiei. Poaceae. Beddies Tussocks, Cook Straight Tussock.
Endemic to Wellington coastal region

9 - Hebe odora. Plantaginaceae. Boxwood Hebe. Small white scented flowers that
 look like jasmine flowers.

10 - Veronica amplexicaulis (syn. Hebe amplexicaulis). Plantaginaceae. Glaucus bluey-green
 leaves, less compact than some species, white flowering.