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Horticultural use of native plants


nā Maggy Wassilieff

Today gardeners use tree ferns, tussock grasses and some of the hundreds of varieties of hebe to create fascinating gardens. But for a long time native plants were seen as drab. Apart from some spectacular exceptions, native plants don’t have showy flowers. In the 1970s and 1980s, interest in natives bloomed.

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Te āhua nui: Mt Cook Lily, Larnach Castle, near Dunedin

Mt Cook Lily, Larnach Castle, near Dunedin


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