Hoheria angustifolia Houhere

Drainage: Damp Very Dry Well Drained Growth: Medium Height Range: 6 Site Conditions: Coastal Exposed Frost Tolerant Heavy Soil Loamy Soil Sandy Soil Windy Spread Range: 6 Sunlight: Full Sun Features: Attractive Flowers Attractive foliage Attractive to bees Attractive to Birds Attractive to insects Evergreen Suitable for Revegetation Species Suitable for Shelter Category: Trees Tags: evergreen, riparian

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Hoheria angustifolia is a hardy specimen/shelter tree. It has a juvenile period of tangled stems with tiny leaves, adult mid-green serrated leaves. Starry white flowers, mid-summer. Tolerates poor dry soils. Great in mixed borders or for fast establishing shelter. Attractive to bees. Historically found in podocarp forests and along the high banks (dry side) of riparian edges.

Hoheria angustifolia, the narrow-leaved lacebark or narrow-leaved houhere, is a species of flowering plant endemic to New Zealand. It is an ever...