Carmichaelia kirkii

Drainage: Damp Very Dry Well Drained Wet Growth: Medium Height Range: 1 Site Conditions: Coastal Exposed Frost Tolerant Salty Sandy Soil Windy Spread Range: 1 Sunlight: Full Sun Features: Attractive Flowers Attractive foliage Attractive to insects Evergreen Rare and Endangered Categories: Climbers, Herbaceous Tags: flowering shrub, Rare Plants

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also known as climbing broom, its scrambling nature is a unique feature among Camichaelias. It is classified as a Threatened–Nationally Vulnerable species under the Department of Conservation’s Threat Classification System. Naturally restricted to scattered populations in the eastern South Island. Found in a few localities in Marlborough, Otago, and north and central Canterbury. It is most frequently found as a member of the grey scrub communities on river terraces, in wetlands and podocarp forests.

a scrambling shrub with branches 2-4m long. The interlacing green to brownish stems that climb, scramble or spr...