Blossom and Berry Bearing Natives for the Birds and the Bees
In a world where bees are globally challenged for survival, we can do our part to ensure they have sufficient food for honey production, and in turn pollinate our vital commercial crops and our fruit producing orchards. Native blossoms are wonderful bee attractants and many New Zealand native trees, climbers, and shrubs have simply stunning and often fragrant flowers.
Similarly, many of our native trees produce wonderful fruit, seeds, and small berries which provide essential food for our native birds as they establish their flight paths. Choose from a broad range of beautiful fruit, seed, berry, and exquisite flowering natives to keep the birds and the bees in natural food, and your gardens and projects bright with enchanting colour.
Below are a range of native species from which to choose:
Fruits, Seeds and Berries
- Bartlett’s Rata (Metrosideros bartlettii)
- Baylisiana (Pennantia baylisiana )
- Black Maire (Nestegis cunninghamii)
- Coastal Maire (Nestegis apetala)
- Coastal Mahoe (Melicytus novae-zealandiae)
- Coprosma (Coprosma robusta)
- Elingamita (Elingamita johnsonii)
- Ewekuri (Streblus banksii)
- Houpara (Pseudopanax lessonii)
- Houpara Cyril Watson (Pseudopanax lessonii)
- Kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides)
- Kamahi (Weinmannia racemosa)
- Karaka (Corynocarpus laevigatus)
- Karo and other Pittosporum (Pittosporum crassifolium)
- Kohekohe (Dysoxylum spectabile)
- Kowhai (Sophora spp)
- Mahoe (Melicytus ramiflorus)
- Makamaka (Ackama roseafolia)
- Matipo (Myrsine australis)
- Nikau (Rhopalostyllis sapida)
- Oro oro (Nestegis montana)
- Porokaiwhiri (Hedycarya arborea)
- Puka (Meryta sinclairii)
- Puriri (Vitex lucens)
- Rewarewa (Knightia excelsa)
- Taraire (Beilschmiedia tarairi)
- Tawapou (Planchonella costata)
- Tawhero (Weinmannia silvicola)
- Ti Kouka (Cordyline australis)
- Titoki (Alectryon excelsus)
- Totara (Podocarpus totara)
- Wharangi (Melicope turnata)
- White Maire (Nestegis lanceolata)
Blossoms, Colour
- Akiraho (Olearia paniculata) and other Olearia spp
- Clematis (Paniculata puawhananga)
- Corokia (Corokia virgata)
- Houhere (Hoheria populnea)
- Kakabeak (Clianthus puniceus)
- Kamahi (Weinmannia racemosa)
- Kanuka (Kunzea ericoides)
- Karo (Pittosporum crassifolium)
- Kowhai (Sophora spp)
- Makamaka Ackama roseafolia)
- Manuka (Leptospermum scoparium)
- Nikau (Rhopalostylis sapida)
- Pohutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa)
- Puriri Vitex lucens)
- Rewarewa (Knightia excelsa)
- Rata (Metrosideros robusta)
- Tawhero (Weinmannia silvicola)
- Tecomanthe (Tecomanthe speciosa)
- Ti Kouka (Cordyline australis)