Plagianthus regius Manatu

Drainage: Damp Very Dry Well Drained Wet Growth: Fast Height Range: 15 Site Conditions: Coastal Exposed Frost Tolerant Heavy Soil Loamy Soil Sandy Soil Windy Sunlight: Full Sun Features: Attractive Flowers Attractive foliage Attractive to bees Attractive to Birds Attractive to insects Evergreen Suitable for Revegetation Species Suitable for Riparian Suitable for Shelter Category: Trees Tag: riparian

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Plagianthus regius, like many New Zealand natives, has a juvenile form that becomes a straight trunked medium to large tree. The juvenile form has bushy interlacing branches with small leaves, while an older tree will tend to have larger leaves, sometimes with the lower parts of the tree still displaying divaricating leaves. A profusion of small white or green flowers appears in large panicles in spring making it easier to distinguish from the similar lacebark.

It is considered the largest of New Zealand’s deciduou...