Mazhar Botanic Garden

Metrosideros excelsa Sol.ex Gaertn

New Zealand Christmas tree Iron Tree

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000332
English name: New Zealand Christmas tree, Iron Tree
Arabic name: متروسيدروس
Native: New Zealand
Country: New Zealand
(PGR): Rare

Coastal evergreen tree, grow up to 7m high leaves oblong, leathery, covered in dense white hairs underneath flowers pink

Used as a hedge, succeeding in exposed maritime positions Wood - dense, compact, heavy, durable, very strong.

Metrosideros tomentosa A Rich, Nania tomentosa (ARich) Kuntze

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Texture: Clay Loam Sandy
Drainage: Well drained
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Lights: Partial shade
Propagation: Cuttings of half-ripe wood
Flowering time: Late autumn and Winter
Zone: 7
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Tree
Plant Uses: Coastal gardens
Vegetation types: Evergreen
pH: Alkaline Neutral

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