Metrosideros ‘Karamea Queen’

Pohutakawa

Features

• Dark red stems on new growth from  Northern Rata
• Dark green foliage from Southern Rata.
• Red summer flowers from Southern Rata.
• Attractive to birds.

Uses

• A stunning tree used as a specimen in the lawn or as a screen for wind or privacy.
• A touch, good looking tree.
• Can be grown bushy to the ground or limbed up for avenue planting.
• Can be grown in containers.

Growing Conditions

• Very wind and frost hardy.
• Will cope in some coastal situations.
• Prefers full sun to partial shade.
• Will grow in most soils except the extremes