Browsing items filed under: Shrubs × Partial Shade × Full Shade × Free Draining/Volcanic × Heavy Clay Loam × Geniostoma ligustrifolium Hangehange Common, fast growing native shrub with glossy green foliage. Macropiper excelsum Recently had name change to Piper excelsum subsp. Kawakawa, peper tree. Found in abundance throughout the North Island. Attractive orange candle-like berries make quite a feature. Macropiper melchior Three Kings Island Kawakawa. Recently renamed as Piper melchoir. Very strong thick leaves with exaggerated leaf veining. Peperomia urvilleana Found throughout North Island and upper South Island Coastal plant forming low clumps, fleshy stems and leaves. Attractive indoor or patio plant. Rhabdothamnus solandri Waiu-atua, New Zealand gloxinia Small shrub found in shady areas with delicate flowers ranging in colour from yellow to orange.