Knightea Excelsa

NZ Honeysuckle

Features

• Nectar producing flowers, appear in rusty red bottlebrush like flowers in spring and summer.
• Very distinctive foliage which is narrow and serrated at edges.
• Slender, tapering tree.

Uses

• Attracts birds.
• Specimen tree in medium sized garden or park.

Growing Conditions

• Prefers average soils, not excessively wet or dry.
• Frost hardy in Nelson to around 850m altitude.
• Grows in full sun or partial shade.