New Zealand Plants

DSC_3020 Ngapuka (Hebe speciosa) crimson flowers. This colourful hebe is one of three bird pollinated hebes occuring in New Zealand - the other 150+ species are all insect pollinated. H. speciosa is an endangered large leaved, sprawling shrub which scrambles through coastal scrub and flax, and grows on coastal cliffs on Northland's west coast. Maunganui Bluff, Northland *