A tough and adaptable New Zealand native shrub, makaka is ideal for coastal and wetland environments. Its dense, tangled growth and silvery stems make it perfect for hedging, shelter, and restoration planting in challenging conditions.
🌱 Plant Facts
• Growth habit: Dense, tangled shrub
• Foliage: Small green leaves on distinctive silvery stems
• Flowers: Small, cream to yellow, sweetly scented
• Height: Up to 4 m
• Flowering: Spring
• Fruiting: December – February
🌍 Natural Habitat
• Found along sheltered coastal shorelines
• Common in salt marshes, estuaries, and sandy banks
• Naturally adapted to moist and poorly drained environments
🌿 Growing Environment
• Salt tolerant
• Wetland tolerant
• Wind tolerant
• Coastal tolerant
Thrives in swampy or damp soils where many other shrubs struggle.
📍 Endemic Distribution
• Native throughout New Zealand
🌾 Uses
• Hedging and shelter
• Riparian and wetland planting
• Coastal restoration
• Low shelterbelts and boundary planting
🪴 Cultivation Notes (Live Plant)
An extremely hardy and easy-care shrub that establishes quickly and tolerates a wide range of conditions, including poor drainage and saline soils. Responds well to trimming, making it ideal for formal or informal hedging. Best planted in open sites where its dense structure can provide shelter and habitat.
📏 Approximate product size:
• PB3/4 (5cm – 20cm, 350ml)
• PB3 (20cm – 70cm, 1.5L)
• PB8 (50cm+, 3.5L)
⏱️ 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 tough and adaptable New Zealand native shrub, makaka is ideal for coastal and wetland environments. Its dense, tangled growth and silvery stems make it perfect for hedging, shelter, and restoration planting in challenging conditions.
🌱 Plant Facts
• Growth habit: Dense, tangled shrub
• Foliage: Small green leaves on distinctive silvery stems
• Flowers: Small, cream to yellow, sweetly scented
• Height: Up to 4 m
• Flowering: Spring
• Fruiting: December – February
🌍 Natural Habitat
• Found along sheltered coastal shorelines
• Common in salt marshes, estuaries, and sandy banks
• Naturally adapted to moist and poorly drained environments
🌿 Growing Environment
• Salt tolerant
• Wetland tolerant
• Wind tolerant
• Coastal tolerant
Thrives in swampy or damp soils where many other shrubs struggle.
📍 Endemic Distribution
• Native throughout New Zealand
🌾 Uses
• Hedging and shelter
• Riparian and wetland planting
• Coastal restoration
• Low shelterbelts and boundary planting
🪴 Cultivation Notes (Live Plant)
An extremely hardy and easy-care shrub that establishes quickly and tolerates a wide range of conditions, including poor drainage and saline soils. Responds well to trimming, making it ideal for formal or informal hedging. Best planted in open sites where its dense structure can provide shelter and habitat.
📏 Approximate product size:
• PB3/4 (5cm – 20cm, 350ml)
• PB3 (20cm – 70cm, 1.5L)
• PB8 (50cm+, 3.5L)
⏱️ 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
