New Zealand Plants

11009-11018 Cunningham's clematis, or pokopoko (Clematis cunninghamii) delicate greenish-cream male flowers. May be encountered within the interior and fringes of northern forests from Hawkes Bay north. It flowers in spring and early summer and is one of the few clematis capable of flowering in shade - beneath the forest canopy - most other clematis flower in more open aspects. Lake Okataina, Rotorua *