foodscapes nursery catalogue
Trees that work as hard as you do
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trees by purpose
Not sure what to plant? This quick guide groups our trees by purpose,so you can easily find what works for your soil, climate, and long-term plans.Trees listed in each category link to an in-depth species description.
Soil enriching & super hardy
Species that thrive in poor soils, clay, wet areas, strong winds or coastal exposure — and actively improve soil health over time.
(Clay-tolerant, coastal-tolerant, wet-tolerant, and nitrogen-fixers)
Shelter, shade, and screening
Fast-growing trees for wind protection, privacy screens and shade, helping create calmer, more productive spaces on exposed properties.
(Fast growth, privacy, wind reduction, boundary planting)
- Black Alder
- Italian Alder
- Tagasaste
- Swamp Gum (Eucalyptus ovata)
- Pittosporum tenuifolium
- Akeake
- Coprosma grandifolia
- Bronze Flax (excellent low shelter + mass planting)
- Hazelnut (deciduous but great seasonal shelter + coppicing)
food forest & medicinal
Useful, multi-purpose species for food forests, herbal medicine, nutrient cycling and long-term abundance around the home.
(Edible, useful, support-species, pollinator-friendly, herbal uses)
- Hazelnut (Corylus avellana)
- Persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
- Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia)
- Witch Hazel (Hamamelis x intermedia) (medicinal + winter colour)
- Tagasaste (top-tier nitrogen fixer for food forests)
- Black Alder *(support species)
- Italian Alder (support species)
- Liquidambar (excellent leaf litter for soil building
craft, construction & firewood
Hard-working species ideal for coppicing, firewood, timber, stakes, weaving, hedgerows and long-term regenerative wood production.
(Coppicing, weaving, stakes, poles, timber, ongoing wood supply)
- Hazelnut (stakes, weaving, coppicing)
- Tagasaste (coppicing firewood)
- Black Alder (hard, burnable, coppices very well)
- Italian Alder (light construction, stakes, coppicing)
- Kanuka (Excellent firewood, stakes)
- Swamp Gum (Eucalyptus ovata) (fast firewood)
- Liquidambar (dense timber + firewood)
- Bronze Flax (weaving)
nz natives
Need Help Choosing Trees?
Hardy natives for year-round foliage, erosion control, fast-establishing windbreaks, privacy screening and low-maintenance mass plantings.
Foodscapes can help, whether it's general advice or creating a planting plan specifically for your requirements
(Hardy natives for wind, erosion, shelter, screening)
- Pittosporum tenuifolium
- Coprosma grandifolia
- Akeake (Dodonaea viscosa)
- Bronze Flax (Phormium cookianum ‘Bronze’)
- Kanuka (Kunzea ericoides)
- Cabbage Tree (Cordyline australis)
all trees
Foodscapes nursery list
Click on each species for an in-depth species description
Akeake (purple) - Dodonaea viscosa purpurea
Bay Laurel - Laurus nobilis
Black Alder - Alnus glutinosa
Bronze / mountain flax - Phormium cookianum purpureum
Cabbage Tree / tī kōuka - Cordyline australis
Comfrey (Russian) - Symphytum x uplandicum
Italian Alder - Alnus cordata
Hazelnut (European) / Common Hazel - Corylus avellana Kānono - Coprosma grandifolia Kānuka - Kunzea ericoides Kōhuhu / Black Matipō - Pittosporum tenufolium Liquidambar styraciflua
Persimmon (Chinese) - Diospyros kaki
Rowan / Moutain Ash - Sorbus Aucuparia
Sugar Maple - Acer saccharum
Swamp Gum - Eucalyptus ovata Tagasaste / Tree Lucerne - Chamaecytisus proliferus Witch Hazel - Corylus avellana
Italian Alder - Alnus cordata
Hazelnut (European) / Common Hazel - Corylus avellana Kānono - Coprosma grandifolia Kānuka - Kunzea ericoides Kōhuhu / Black Matipō - Pittosporum tenufolium Liquidambar styraciflua
Persimmon (Chinese) - Diospyros kaki
Rowan / Moutain Ash - Sorbus Aucuparia
Sugar Maple - Acer saccharum
Swamp Gum - Eucalyptus ovata Tagasaste / Tree Lucerne - Chamaecytisus proliferus Witch Hazel - Corylus avellana