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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Knud on January 09, 2013, 09:39:37 PM

Title: Unknown New Zealand shrub
Post by: Knud on January 09, 2013, 09:39:37 PM

Hello,
I took this picture in the New Zealand bed in the Stavanger Botanical Garden last summer, and need help to identify it.

The leaves are thick, about 3 mm (1/8 inch) wide and about 15 mm (5/8 inch) long. The flower 'spike' (?) is about 5 cm (2 inches) long. The bush was 1.5-2 m (5-7 feet) tall, and as wide.  By the looks of it, it has been growing there for many years, but the label is gone.

By the way, right next to it is a Hebe odora, blooming today!

Thank you,

Knud

Title: Re: Unknown New Zealand shrub
Post by: Afloden on January 10, 2013, 01:44:40 AM

Podocarpus, but I don't really know the species well enough to say (or the cultivars).

Title: Re: Unknown New Zealand shrub
Post by: jandals on January 11, 2013, 04:58:21 PM

Looks like Podocarpus nivalis . Also sounds like its growth habit

Title: Re: Unknown New Zealand shrub
Post by: Knud on January 11, 2013, 09:15:16 PM

Thank you both for your help, much appreciated!

I read on the internet that it needs high rainfall to grow well; it certainly has found a good home here.

Knud