GRISELINIA LUCIDA AKAPUKA 3.3L

With its large oval glossy green foliage Griselinia lucida is yet another example of New Zealand’s amazing and diverse range of native flora. It occurs naturally in coastal and lowland areas from North Cape to Westland but is more frequent in Northern areas.

The glossy foliage of Kapuka is a perfect foil for darker leaved plants in the garden. It will form an informal hedge or screen up to 4 or 5 meters tall, and can be a useful shelter belt species in more exposed gardens.

Planted in sun or semi shade, in well-drained soil, Griselinia lucida will stand considerable drought once established. Trimming regularly when young will ensure a solid bushy tree.

The big, glossy leaves make this handsome native shrub stand out in the garden. Its one of those bold subjects which is good to mix with other distinctive native trees and shrubs, such as spiky looking lancewoods, cordylines such as Emerald Goddess and Purple Tower, Clianthus Kaka King and Meryta sinclairii. When these are planted with fine foliage, lower growing native shrubs such as Muehlenbeckia astonii, which forms a cushion-like tangle of bronze growth, grasses such as Carex testacea and Chionochloa flavicans, bold flaxes and in the very foreground the orange-green Libertia peregrinans the result is a stunning piece of real Kiwi gardening..

With its large oval glossy green foliage Griselinia lucida is yet another example of New Zealand’s amazing and diverse range of native flora. It occurs naturally in coastal and lowland areas from North Cape to Westland but is more frequent in Northern areas.

The glossy foliage of Kapuka is a perfect foil for darker leaved plants in the garden. It will form an informal hedge or screen up to 4 or 5 meters tall, and can be a useful shelter belt species in more exposed gardens.

Planted in sun or semi shade, in well-drained soil, Griselinia lucida will stand considerable drought once established. Trimming regularly when young will ensure a solid bushy tree.

The big, glossy leaves make this handsome native shrub stand out in the garden. Its one of those bold subjects which is good to mix with other distinctive native trees and shrubs, such as spiky looking lancewoods, cordylines such as Emerald Goddess and Purple Tower, Clianthus Kaka King and Meryta sinclairii. When these are planted with fine foliage, lower growing native shrubs such as Muehlenbeckia astonii, which forms a cushion-like tangle of bronze growth, grasses such as Carex testacea and Chionochloa flavicans, bold flaxes and in the very foreground the orange-green Libertia peregrinans the result is a stunning piece of real Kiwi gardening.