Plant for birds
There are many native trees, shrubs and climbers that look attractive in the garden and also provide food and shelter for wildlife. The following list is a selection only.
There are also numerous hybrids and cultivars of native plants developed for garden situations - but these should not be planted in or near natural bush to avoid cross-pollination. Your local plant nursery should be able to advise further.
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Botanical name
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Common name
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Features
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Trees over 6 metres
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Alectryon excelsus
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titoki
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red fruit
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Carpodetus serratus
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putaputaweta
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lilac flower
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Cordyline australis
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ti kouka (cabbage tree)
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cream flower
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Coprosma repens
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taupata
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orange/yellow fruit
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Griselinia littoralis
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broadleaf
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purple fruit
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Fuchsia excorticata
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kotukutuku or konini
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red flower, black fruit
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Knightia excelsa
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rewarewa
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red flower
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Melicytus ramiflorus
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mahoe
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violet fruit
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Pennantia corymbosa
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kaikomako
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black fruit
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Pittosporum eugenioides
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tarata (lemonwood)
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yellow flower
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Pittosporum tenuifolium
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kohuhu
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dark red flowers
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Pseudopanax arboreus
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five finger
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black fruit
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Schefflera digitata
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pate
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purple/black fruit
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Sophora tetraptera
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kowhai
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yellow flower
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Vitex lucens
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puriri
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red flower
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Trees and shrubs
(approx 1.5m to 6m)
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Aristotelia serrata
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wineberry
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deep red fruit
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Brachyglottis repanda
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rangiora
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yellow flower
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Coprosma rhamnoides
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coprosma
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crimson fruit
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Coprosma robusta
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karamu
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orange/red fruit
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Coprosma grandifolia
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kanono
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orange fruit
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Cordyline indivisa
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mountain cabbage tree
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cream flower
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Corokia species
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korokio
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orange to red fruit
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Leptospermum scoparium
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manuka
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white/pink flower
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Marcopiper excelsum
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kawakawa
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orange fruit
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Myrsine australis
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mapou
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black fruit
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Phormium tenax
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NZ flax
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yellow flower
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Pittosporum crassifolium
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karo
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crimson flower
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Pomaderris apetala
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tainu
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yellow flower
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Pomaderris kumeraho
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kumerahou
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yellow flower
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Pseudopanax laetus
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five finger
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black fruit
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Sophora microphylla
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kowhai
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yellow flower
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Shrubs
(approx 500 mm to 1.5 m)
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Alseuosmia macrophylla
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toropapa
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cream to red flower
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Astelia nervosa
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astelia
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orange fruit
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Clianthus puniceus
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kaka beak
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red flower
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Coprosma cheesmanii
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coprosma
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orange red fruit
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Corokia cotoneaster
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korokio
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red fruit
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Hebe species
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hebe
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flowers various colours
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Libertia grandiflora
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NZ iris
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orange seed pod
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Melicytus micranthus
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nanakura
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purple to white fruit
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Phormium cookianum
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dwarf mountain flax
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yellow flower
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Rhabdothamnus solandrii
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matata
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yellow to red flower
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Low-growing plants
(to 500 mm approx)
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Coprosma acerosa & brunnea
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sand coprosma
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pale blue fruit
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Dianella nigra
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NZ blueberry
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blue fruit
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Fuchsia procumbens
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fuchsia
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red fruit
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Hebe species
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hebe
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flowers various colours
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Libertia ixioides or L.peregrinans
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NZ iris
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orange seed pod
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Muehlenbeckia axillaris
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creeping pohuehue
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white fruit
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Parahebe species
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parahebe
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white flower
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Podocarpus nivalis
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mountain totara
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red fruit
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Pratia angulata
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creeping pratia
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purple/red fruit
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Container plants
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Alectryon execelsus
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titoki
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red fruit
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Astelia species
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orange fruit
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Clianthus species
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kaka beak
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red flower
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Cordyline australis
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cabbage tree
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cream flower
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Cordyline indivisa
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mountain cabbage tree
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cream flower
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Griselinia littoralis
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broadleaf
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purple fruit
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Phormium species
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NZ Flax
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yellow flower
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Pittosporum species
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yellow to red flowers
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Pseudopanax species
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five finger
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black fruit
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Vitex lucens
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puriri
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pink/red flower, red fruit
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Climbers
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Metrosideros carminea
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carmine rata
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crimson flower
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Passiflora tetranda
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kohia
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orange fruit
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Tecomanthe speciosa
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cream flower
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