About New Zealand Native Shrubs
New Zealand's native shrubs offer enormous variety for gardeners and landscapers. These adaptable plants range from the honey-producing mānuka to the colorful and diverse hebes. Many native shrubs feature attractive foliage, flowers, and berries while providing important habitat for native birds and insects.
Explore Our Native Shrubs
Mānuka
Leptospermum scoparium
A versatile shrub known for its medicinal honey and beautiful white flowers.
Koromiko
Hebe salicifolia
An adaptable shrub with white flower spikes and traditional medicinal uses.
Kōwhai
Sophora microphylla
New Zealand's unofficial national flower with brilliant yellow blooms in spring.
Kapuka
Griselinia littoralis
A hardy shrub with glossy apple-green leaves, perfect for hedging and coastal gardens.
Kōhūhū
Pittosporum tenuifolium
An elegant shrub with wavy-edged leaves and small fragrant flowers, excellent for hedging.
Akeake
Dodonaea viscosa
A tough, fast-growing shrub with unique seed capsules and striking purplish foliage forms.
Akiraho
Olearia paniculata
A coastal tree daisy with attractive wavy-edged leaves and sweet-scented white flowers.
Horopito
Pseudowintera colorata
The native pepper tree with spicy leaves and striking red-spotted foliage in winter.
Sand Coprosma
Coprosma acerosa
Low-growing coastal shrub with distinctive wire-like branches and translucent blue berries.
