Metrosideros excelsa

Metrosideros excelsa subsp. var.	Pohutukawa, New Zealand Christmas Tree
	The query description has an empty condition.: tree Height: ⇕ to Width: ⇔ to 10m20m 5m30m Height: ⇕ 10 m to 20 m Width: ⇔ 5 m to 30 m The query description has an empty condition.: ⌛ perennial Origin: ✈ Mid and northern North Island, New Zealand Poisonous: ☠ Bloom: ❀ late spring, early summer, mid summer	The query description has an empty condition.: ☼ sun, part-sun The query description has an empty condition.: ◍ moist Features: ✓ evergreen, flowers, birds, wildlife, cut flowers Hidden fields, interally pass variables to right place Minimum Temp: ☃ °C USDA Zones: to Sunset Zones: Flower features: ❀ red, yellow, pink
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Metrosideros tomentosa, A. Rich. Christmas-tree of New Zeal., because of its season of bloom, intro. into S. Calif, many years ago and now offered by nurserymen: much- branched tree to 70 ft., the short trunk becoming 5 ft. in diam.: lvs. very variable, 1—4 in. long, lanceolate to broad-oblong, acute or obtuse, very thick, usually tomentose beneath: fls. large, dark crimson, in many-fld. terminal cymes, the pedicels and calyces tomentose; stamens numerous, to 1½in. long.— Cheeseman reports it as a "noble and picturesque tree," abundant in the N. Island of New Zeal. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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  Metrosideros excelsa in Akaroa, New Zealand.
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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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