A distinctive New Zealand native shrub renowned for its intricate divaricating form, dark wiry stems, and colourful seasonal berries. Korokio is exceptionally hardy and versatile, making it an excellent choice for native hedging, coastal gardens, restoration projects, and low-maintenance landscapes.
🌱 Plant Facts
• Growth habit: Dense, divaricating shrub
• Foliage: Small grey-green leaves
• Branches: Fine black wiry stems with an intricate tangled structure
• Flowers: Small star-shaped yellow flowers
• Fruit: Bright red, orange or yellow drupes
• Height: Up to 1.5 m
🌍 Natural Habitat
• Lowland shrublands
• River flats
• Rocky outcrops and stony ground
• Open habitats throughout New Zealand
🌿 Growing Environment
• Full sun
• Drought tolerant once established
• Wind tolerant
• Coastal tolerant
• Salt tolerant
• Free-draining soils
Thrives in exposed sites where many other plants struggle. It is highly tolerant of poor soils, dry conditions, and coastal environments, making it ideal for challenging landscapes.
📍 Endemic Distribution
• Endemic to New Zealand
• Naturally found throughout the North, South and Three Kings Islands
🌾 Uses
• Native bird food and attractant
• Bee food
• Hedging and screening
• Native restoration planting
• Coastal landscaping
• Feature shrub
🪴 Cultivation Notes (Live Plant)
A hardy, low-maintenance shrub that establishes readily and requires little ongoing care. It responds exceptionally well to trimming, making it ideal for formal or informal native hedges. In spring it is covered in delicate yellow flowers, followed by colourful berries that attract native birds throughout autumn and winter.
📏 Approximate product size:
• PB3/4 (5–20 cm, 350 ml)
• PB3 (20–70 cm, 1.5 L)
• PB8 (50 cm+, 3.5 L)
• PB18 (1 m+, 8.5 L)
⏱️ Timeframe:
We ship Monday – Wednesday for South Island customers and Monday/Tuesday for Rural and North Island customers. Orders placed outside these days will be fulfilled the following week.
📦 Local pick ups and/or deliveries will be made by arrangement.
🌱 We’ll donate $1 per plant sold to national conservation efforts, helping to protect and restore New Zealand’s natural heritage.
A distinctive New Zealand native shrub renowned for its intricate divaricating form, dark wiry stems, and colourful seasonal berries. Korokio is exceptionally hardy and versatile, making it an excellent choice for native hedging, coastal gardens, restoration projects, and low-maintenance landscapes.
🌱 Plant Facts
• Growth habit: Dense, divaricating shrub
• Foliage: Small grey-green leaves
• Branches: Fine black wiry stems with an intricate tangled structure
• Flowers: Small star-shaped yellow flowers
• Fruit: Bright red, orange or yellow drupes
• Height: Up to 1.5 m
🌍 Natural Habitat
• Lowland shrublands
• River flats
• Rocky outcrops and stony ground
• Open habitats throughout New Zealand
🌿 Growing Environment
• Full sun
• Drought tolerant once established
• Wind tolerant
• Coastal tolerant
• Salt tolerant
• Free-draining soils
Thrives in exposed sites where many other plants struggle. It is highly tolerant of poor soils, dry conditions, and coastal environments, making it ideal for challenging landscapes.
📍 Endemic Distribution
• Endemic to New Zealand
• Naturally found throughout the North, South and Three Kings Islands
🌾 Uses
• Native bird food and attractant
• Bee food
• Hedging and screening
• Native restoration planting
• Coastal landscaping
• Feature shrub
🪴 Cultivation Notes (Live Plant)
A hardy, low-maintenance shrub that establishes readily and requires little ongoing care. It responds exceptionally well to trimming, making it ideal for formal or informal native hedges. In spring it is covered in delicate yellow flowers, followed by colourful berries that attract native birds throughout autumn and winter.
📏 Approximate product size:
• PB3/4 (5–20 cm, 350 ml)
• PB3 (20–70 cm, 1.5 L)
• PB8 (50 cm+, 3.5 L)
• PB18 (1 m+, 8.5 L)
⏱️ Timeframe:
We ship Monday – Wednesday for South Island customers and Monday/Tuesday for Rural and North Island customers. Orders placed outside these days will be fulfilled the following week.
📦 Local pick ups and/or deliveries will be made by arrangement.
🌱 We’ll donate $1 per plant sold to national conservation efforts, helping to protect and restore New Zealand’s natural heritage.
