Browsing items filed under: Full Shade × Moist/damp × Blechnum discolour Crown fern. Piupiu. Found throughout NZ usually in drier forests Blechnum novae-zealandiae Palm-leaf fern Kiokio. Found growing in clay soils on embankments and roadsides. Carex trifida Sedge Larges growing sedge with bluish/green foliage suitable for damp areas Collospermum hastatum Kahakaha, Perching lily Epiphytic plant forming large clumps perched on tree trunks Cyathea dealbata Ponga, silver fern Well known symbol of NZ, grows in forests throughout NZ. Cyathea medullaris Mamaku, black ponga Tallest of the tree ferns Dysoxylum spectabile Kohekohe Coastal tree found North Cape to Nelson. Kohekohe flowers are an important and favoured source of floral nectar for Tui and Bellbird. Lobelia angulata Panakenake Creeping mat-forming plant found throughout New Zealand in damp areas producing delicate white flowers. Mazus pumilio Found damp swamp areas in both North and South Island. Vigorus spreading ground cover with attractive bluish flowers in spring and summer. Ptisana salicina Marratia salicinia, King fern, para Stunning fern with tropical appearance now rare in the wild due to decimation by wild pigs and goats. Rhopalostylis 'Chathams' Chatham Island Nikau The Chatham Island palm has broader fronds and is much more robust than the mainland nikau. Also will tolerate more exposed conditions. Please enquire re availability Rhopalostylis baueri var cheesemanii Kermadec nikau The Kermadec nikau has longer fronds, larger flower heads and darker seeds than the mainland nikau. Rhopalostylis sapida Great Barrier Island The Great Barrier Island nikau forms a more robust palm than the mainland nikau, tolerating more exposed conditions. Schefflera digitata Pate, Seven Finger Prefers damp, shady parts of the forest and is common along stream banks and on shady forest roadsides. Todea barbara Found on off-shore islands and north of Bay of Islands. Attractive fern unfortunately becoming very rare due to forestry and development. Tolerates quite dry conditions. Uncinia uncinata Hook sedge This hook sedge is variable in colour ranging from dark green when grown in shade to reddish brown.