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Serendipitous supply
When the Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust wanted to give a gift of plants, locally sourced from Rarangi Beach, east of Blenheim, they came to Oratia. Not only could we provide an eco-sourced species, it was also a plant which had since disappeared from the region!

This is the Trust's story.

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Cyathea medullaris
Height: 12m;  Spread: 4m
Mamaku (Tree Fern)
Hardy, fast growing tree fern with 3m long fronds. Largest tree fern, often establishing on slips, bare earth and stream sides.
» Click here for our Dicksonia squarrosa article published in The Fringe, October 2015 ...
» For a landscaping perspective on Cyathea medullaris see this article by O2 Landscapes...
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