Lophomyrtus obcordata Rōhutu

Drainage: Damp Very Dry Well Drained Growth: Medium Height Range: 4 Site Conditions: Loamy Soil Windy Spread Range: 2 Sunlight: Full Sun Partial Shade Features: Attractive Flowers Attractive foliage Attractive to bees Attractive to Birds Attractive to insects Evergreen Suitable for Hedging Category: Herbaceous Tags: Bees, Bird Attractor, flowering shrub, Hedging, landscape

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Lophomyrtus obcordata is a shrub or small tree endemic to New Zealand. More common in the eastern North and South Island. Mostly found in coastal and lowland forested habitats and occasionally dominant in alluvial forest remnants of the eastern South Island. Often found in plant communities of mixed podocarp forests alongside other tall trees such as Hoheria angustifolia, Leptospermum scoparium, Pittosporum tenuifolium, and Psuedopanax crassifolius.

Lophomyrtus obcordata is a bushy shrub with flaky bark bearing small thick heart-shaped leaves. The contrasting veins of the leaves give...