Waitangi Day and Native Trees

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Easy Big Trees

25 January 2024

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Cordyline australis featuring in Gibbston Valley, Queenstown
Cordyline australis featuring in Gibbston Valley, Queenstown
With Waitangi Day approaching, we thought it would be appropriate to pen a few words in support of native trees.

With Waitangi Day approaching, we thought it would be nice to show some of our customers' projects with New Zealand native trees.

Cordyline australis featuring in Queenstown and Hoheria sextlosa Lace Flower

A quite staggering 80% of trees and ferns in New Zealand are considered natives.  Evolved over hundreds of thousands of years, in isolation from outside influence, their design has been perfected by Mother Nature.  Consider the scenario: the trees are left alone to become a vital root in the ecosystem, changing over hundreds of years to adapt to the weather conditions and live in harmony with wild animals.  Every tree and every animal thriving. 

Griselinia hedge in Matakauri Lodge, Queenstown - Glenorchy Road
Cordyline australis in Larnach Castle, Dunedin
Plagianthus regius in Jacks Point, Queenstown
Cordyline australis in Jacks Point, Queenstown

It all makes for a tree that was designed by nature to work in your landscape project.

Cordyline australis in Hamilton Gardens
Pittosporum tenufolium - Wrinkled Blue & Hebe odora, in Northlake, Wanaka
Nothofagus menziesii in Queens Park, Invercargill
Plagianthus regius in Queens Park, Invercargill.