Metrosideros excelsa

Metrosideros excelsa subsp. var.

Pohutukawa, New Zealand Christmas Tree

The query description has an empty condition.:		tree
Height:	⇕	to
Width:	⇔	to
	10 m 20 m	5 m 30 m
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
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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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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