Metrosideros excelsa

Plant Characteristics

Habit		tree
Height:	⇕	10 m"m" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10. to 20 m"m" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20.
Width:	⇔	5 m"m" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 5. to 30 m"m" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 30.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Origin:	✈	Mid and northern North Island, New Zealand
Bloom:	❀	late spring, early summer, mid summer

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun, part-sun
Water:	◍	moist
Features:	✓	evergreen, flowers, birds, wildlife, cut flowers
Flower features:	❀	red, yellow, pink

Scientific Names

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Read about Metrosideros excelsa in the 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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