DSC_1264 Pohutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa) cultivar 'Moon Maiden' with pale sulphur-lemon flowers, and light grey-green foliage. Descended from a pair of yellow flowered pohutukawa trees discovered in 1840 on Motiti Island, off Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty. The cultivar was first offered for sale in 1998 by Duncan & Davies Nursery. Petone *
DSC_1272 Pohutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa) cultivar 'Moon Maiden' with pale sulphur-lemon flowers, and light grey-green foliage. Descended from a pair of yellow flowered pohutukawa trees discovered in 1840 on Motiti Island, off Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty. The cultivar was first offered for sale in 1998 by Duncan & Davies Nursery. Petone *
DSC_1772 Pohutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa) a descendant of two yellow flowered pohutukawa trees discovered in 1840 on Motiti Island, off Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty. Seedlings were first offered for sale in a 1947 by Duncan & Davies Nursery. For many years the nursery only produced plants from seed, but all seedlings remained relatively true to type and produced yellow flowers. Portobello, Otago Harbour *
