A graceful New Zealand native cabbage tree with a naturally branching habit and lush green foliage. Forest Cabbage Tree produces masses of beautifully scented white flowers that attract native birds and bees, making it an excellent choice for forest gardens, restoration projects, and sheltered landscapes.
🌱 Plant Facts
• Growth habit: Multi-branched evergreen tree
• Foliage: Long, narrow green leaves in dense tufts
• Leaves: Tough, sword-shaped leaves that taper into a long leaf stalk before widening around the stem
• Flowers: Large clusters of fragrant white flowers
• Fruit: Small whitish berries
• Height: Up to 4 m
🌍 Natural Habitat
• Coastal, lowland and lower montane forests
• Forest margins and shrublands
• Occasionally extends into subalpine habitats in the South Island
• Often grows alongside Cordyline pumilio
🌿 Growing Environment
• Full sun to partial shade
• Frost tolerant
• Wind tolerant
• Coastal tolerant
• Salt tolerant
• Adaptable to a wide range of well-drained soils
Thrives in sheltered or exposed locations and is highly adaptable once established. It performs particularly well in native gardens, forest plantings, and moist, fertile soils.
📍 Endemic Distribution
• Endemic to New Zealand
• Common throughout the North Island
• Widespread through the northern half of the South Island, extending south along the West Coast to approximately Haast
🌾 Uses
• Native bird food and attractant
• Bee food
• Riparian plantings
• Native forest restoration
• Feature tree
• Shelter planting
🪴 Cultivation Notes (Live Plant)
An easy-to-grow native tree that establishes readily and is well suited to a wide variety of landscapes. Its naturally branching habit and fragrant flowers make it an excellent ornamental specimen, while the berries provide an important seasonal food source for native birds. Suitable for both restoration projects and home gardens where year-round structure and wildlife value are desired.
📏 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 graceful New Zealand native cabbage tree with a naturally branching habit and lush green foliage. Forest Cabbage Tree produces masses of beautifully scented white flowers that attract native birds and bees, making it an excellent choice for forest gardens, restoration projects, and sheltered landscapes.
🌱 Plant Facts
• Growth habit: Multi-branched evergreen tree
• Foliage: Long, narrow green leaves in dense tufts
• Leaves: Tough, sword-shaped leaves that taper into a long leaf stalk before widening around the stem
• Flowers: Large clusters of fragrant white flowers
• Fruit: Small whitish berries
• Height: Up to 4 m
🌍 Natural Habitat
• Coastal, lowland and lower montane forests
• Forest margins and shrublands
• Occasionally extends into subalpine habitats in the South Island
• Often grows alongside Cordyline pumilio
🌿 Growing Environment
• Full sun to partial shade
• Frost tolerant
• Wind tolerant
• Coastal tolerant
• Salt tolerant
• Adaptable to a wide range of well-drained soils
Thrives in sheltered or exposed locations and is highly adaptable once established. It performs particularly well in native gardens, forest plantings, and moist, fertile soils.
📍 Endemic Distribution
• Endemic to New Zealand
• Common throughout the North Island
• Widespread through the northern half of the South Island, extending south along the West Coast to approximately Haast
🌾 Uses
• Native bird food and attractant
• Bee food
• Riparian plantings
• Native forest restoration
• Feature tree
• Shelter planting
🪴 Cultivation Notes (Live Plant)
An easy-to-grow native tree that establishes readily and is well suited to a wide variety of landscapes. Its naturally branching habit and fragrant flowers make it an excellent ornamental specimen, while the berries provide an important seasonal food source for native birds. Suitable for both restoration projects and home gardens where year-round structure and wildlife value are desired.
📏 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.
