Big Trees on Lansdowne: the tree professionals
Big Trees on Lansdowne: the tree professionals
Big Trees on Lansdowne: the tree professionals
At Big Trees on Lansdowne we specialize in growing advanced grade trees and shrubs. All our plants have been carefully selected, nurtured, pruned and shaped to peak condition so you can be confident in the quality of our trees.
Laid out in a park-like setting, our tree nursery offers you the opportunity to wander at your leisure and enjoy nature at its best. Whether you are looking for deciduous trees or evergreen trees, native trees or screening plants, shrubs or fruit trees, you will find them here. From semi mature trees through to more mature specimens you will be able to see for yourself how trees grow and develop over time. Talk to our knowledgeable staff about your requirements and let us help you select the trees that are just right for your place. More about Big Trees on Lansdowne
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Plum ‘Santa Rosa’
Features Fruit is medium to large with yellow flesh. A pink tinge on purple skin.…
Plum ‘Billington’
Features Red skinned fruit with dark red flesh. Juicy fruit produced around Christmas time. Mostly…
Plum ‘Omega’
Features Medium sized fruit which has green and red speckled skin with red flesh. Juicy…
Pear ‘Beurre Bosc’
Features Bell shaped fruit with a long tapered neck. Bronze coloured fruit due to russet.…
Peach ‘Gordons Glory’
Features Clingstone fruit with yellow flesh like Golden Queen. Shows resistance to leaf curl. A…
Peaach ‘Golden Queen’
Features A long time New Zealand favourite. Regular heavy crops of fruit. Fruit and skin…
Peach ‘Blackboy’
Features Distinctive ruby red flesh and skin. Fruit is sweet, juicy, flavoursome and free stone.…
Pear ‘doyenne du Comice’
Features Sweet and juicy fruit especially when stored 2-3 weeks before eating. Fruit best picked…
Plum ‘Hawera’
Features Fruit is large with dark red flesh and skin. Fruit produced mid season. Has…
Ulmus glabra pendula
Weeping Wych Elm Features Branches start horizontal then hang to the ground. Dark green foliage spring…
Deciduous
Rhododendron ‘Mrs G W Leak’
Features Bright pink flowers with a deep maroon centre. Very hardy. Flowers mid season. Uses…
Rhododendron ‘Mt Everest’
Features Pure white bell shaped flowers with a speckled red at the throat. Flowers mid…
Rhododendron ‘Pawhuska’
Features Large white flowers with a small gold eye. Beautiful foliage. Late mid season flowering.…
Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’
Features Large fragrant white flowers. Flowers late in the season. Uses Suitable as a feature…
Rhododendron ‘Pontiyak’
Features Pink flower which change to white as they age. Dark rose blotch and spots…
Rhododendron ‘Purple Lace’
Features Lacy purple trusses. Glossy green foliage. Early to mid season flowering. Uses Suitable as…
Rhododendron ‘Rainbow’
Features Deep pink to pale pink and white flowers creating a two tone effect. Glossy…
Rhododendron ‘Red Eye’
Features Purple flower with a red eye. Flowers mid season. Uses Suitable as a feature…
Rhododendron ‘Ross Maud’
Features Very deep rose red flowers. Flowers mid season. Uses Suitable as a feature plant…
Rhododendron ‘Sappho’
Features Ivory white flowers with a maroon purple centre. Vigorous open habit. Mid season flowering.…
Evergreen
Plum ‘Omega’
Features Medium sized fruit which has green and red speckled skin with red flesh. Juicy…
Plum ‘Billington’
Features Red skinned fruit with dark red flesh. Juicy fruit produced around Christmas time. Mostly…
Plum ‘Santa Rosa’
Features Fruit is medium to large with yellow flesh. A pink tinge on purple skin.…
Peaach ‘Golden Queen’
Features A long time New Zealand favourite. Regular heavy crops of fruit. Fruit and skin…
Plum ‘Hawera’
Features Fruit is large with dark red flesh and skin. Fruit produced mid season. Has…
Olive ‘Frantoia’
Features Purple fruit which is good for green pickling early and then and for high…
Olive ‘Verdale’
Features Fruit ripens in autumn and is suitable for black pickling and oil production. Tree…
Olive ‘Nocellara’
Features Foliage is dark green and bigger than most olives. Requires a pollinator like frantoia…
Citrus Grapefruit ‘Golden Special’
Features A New Zealand selection of grapefruit. Fruit is juicy, sweet but still with the…
Pear ‘doyenne du Comice’
Features Sweet and juicy fruit especially when stored 2-3 weeks before eating. Fruit best picked…
Fruit Tree
Pittosporum tenufolium ‘Little Burger’
Features A very compact dwarf form of the tenufolium. Smaller leaves than standard pittosporum. Uses…
Pseudopanax lessonii x discolour
Five Finger Features A hybrid from the New Zealand five finger which has great features like…
Podocarpus totara ‘Matapouri Blue’
Features A stunning selection of the NZ native totara with blue to smoky grey foliage.…
Cyathea medullaris
King Fern, Black Fern, Mamaku, Katata Features Long graceful arching fronds. Self shedding fronds except when…
Cyathea smithii
Katote Features Masses of soft, delicate fronds. Looks lush and attractive when sheltered from wind and…
Pittosporum tenufolium ‘Stephens Island’
Pittosporum Features Dark green foliage slightly larger and darker than tenufolium. Slower growing and small pittosporum…
Nothofagus solandri ‘Cliffortoides’
Mountain Beech/Tawhairauriki Features Small dark green foliage, ovate to oblong in shape. Often has close spaced…
Leptospernum ‘Double White’
Kanuka Features Masses of double white flowers in early spring to summer. Flaky brown bark. Thick…
Metrosideros ‘Karamea Queen’
Pohutakawa Features Dark red stems on new growth from Northern Rata Dark green foliage from Southern…
Metrosideros excelsa ‘Vibrance’
Pohutakawa Features Bright vibrant red flowers at Christmas time. The very best coloured of all the…
Native
Olive ‘Frantoia’
Features Purple fruit which is good for green pickling early and then and for high…
Olive ‘Verdale’
Features Fruit ripens in autumn and is suitable for black pickling and oil production. Tree…
Olive ‘Nocellara’
Features Foliage is dark green and bigger than most olives. Requires a pollinator like frantoia…
Feijoa ‘Apollo’
Features Medium to large sized fruit which are full of flavour. Early season variety. Quite…
Feijoa ‘Unique’
Features Medium sized fruit which is tasty, soft and juicy. Early season variety. Self-fertile. Uses…
Feijoa ‘Wiki Tu’
Features Dwarf growing plant. Large fruit, sweet and tasty with firm texture. Partially self-fertile but…
Pseudopanax lessonii x discolour
Five Finger Features A hybrid from the New Zealand five finger which has great features like…
Podocarpus totara ‘Matapouri Blue’
Features A stunning selection of the NZ native totara with blue to smoky grey foliage.…
Gordonia spp Vietnam
(exact species yet to be identified) Features Rich glossy dark green leaves. Masses of large white…
Pieris formosa ‘Wakehurst’
Lily of the Valley Shrub Features Masses of white bell shaped spring flowers hanging in panicles.…
Screening
Grevillia robusta
Silky Oak Features Semi-deciduous fast growing tree. Golden orange, bottlebrush like flowers in spring and summer.…
Fraxinus griffithi
Himalayan Ash Features Masses of small white, fragrant flowers in summer. Evergreen except in very cold…
Coprosma virescens
Features Bronze colours small leaves. Tangled habit. Partially deciduous. Uses Contrast plant in native planting…