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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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May's photos

Have you got a photo you'd like to share with us? We'd love to see it.

Every month, we'll display a new feature photo on the front page of the website. If we choose yours, we'll send you a gift voucher worth $60!

To submit a photo, simply search for the relevant plant, then click the "Share a photo" link.

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26/07/2015 Alectryon excelsus subsp. excelsus
Submitted by May Trubuhovich

Hoping this will be happy in a big(ger) pot as a screening plant. Wish me luck!
26/07/2015 Dicksonia squarrosa
Submitted by May Trubuhovich

Mature Wheki by totara in our garden. It really gives our living space its whole character, being visible from the front door, the living room and the dining room table.
21/05/2015 Vitex lucens
Submitted by May Trubuhovich

Puriri at Western Springs, near Auckland Zoo
20/05/2015 Cyathea medullaris
Submitted by May Trubuhovich

Kopiko Rd, Titirangi
20/05/2015 Leptospermum scoparium
Submitted by May Trubuhovich

At Kaurilands School, Titirangi
20/05/2015 Lobelia angulata
Submitted by May Trubuhovich

Growing in a sheltered shady spot beneath/next to a deck by the Titirangi Memorial Hall
20/05/2015 Hebe obtusata
Submitted by May Trubuhovich

Bee heaven
20/05/2015 Hebe obtusata
Submitted by May Trubuhovich

H. obtusata loving the rockery
20/05/2015 Corokia cheesemanii
Submitted by May Trubuhovich
21/11/2014 Arthropodium cirratum
Submitted by May Trubuhovich

Stunning display at Kaurilands School, Titirangi
23/09/2014 Hebe diosmifolia
Submitted by May Trubuhovich

First flowers on my new diosmifolias from Oratia, and the bees have found them!
21/12/2013 Blechnum penna-marina
Submitted by May

This sweet little fern has stolen my heart!
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