Kaipaki Nursery & Orchard Website

	Kaipaki Nursery & Orchard
Taste the Difference

Apples

Pears

Plants

Plums

Poultry

Fruit Trees and Bushes
Apples	Tydemans Late		Bare Root	$25
Apples	Boysenberry		1l pot	PB8	$15
Feijoa		Mammoth Is mid to late season soft and juicy but tendency to some hollwness. Medium size Marion Has large smooth fruit. the bush tends to be vigorous but it is a variety that will fruit well on its own Triumph Is a later variety moderately soft and juicy some graininess Feijoas are easy to grow give a about 150 grams of blood and bone mixed into the soil at planting. There are a number of recipes for Feijoas and apples on the internet. Plant between 3 and 4 metres apart and at this spacing bushes will meet in 5 years Protect from wind which can blemish fruit. Will withstand frost to -8 before any damage. Feijoas are pollinated by birds and usual recomendation is for 2 plants to improve pollination but a neighbour's bush will surfice	7cm pots	$4.50
Fig		French Sugar	1l pot	$10
Grapes	Albany Suprise	Cutting Grown	10cm pots	$2.50
Guava	NZ Cranberry		5cm pot	$2.30
Hazelnuts	Seedlings			$10
Olives	El Greco	This is a compact variety which is smaller than most other verities in New Zealand varieties with an ultimate height, if untrimmed, of 6m x 3m It is a good variety for growing in pots or forming a drive way avenue. It can be trimmed to shape by pinching tips of laterals once they have reached 2 leaves. The fruit is high in anti-oxidants and the oil is said to reduce the bad cholesterol. Crops consistently. Mainly used for pickling	5cm pot	$2.30

	J5	A medium sized tree growing to about 3m. It is a good commercial variety for the Northern parts of New Zealand but as it is frost tolerant suitable for domestic use grow in a sunny aspect sheltered from wind The fruit is a good size and suitable for pickling or oil	cm pot	$2.30
Pecan	Seedling			$12
Raspberry	Turu turu	A mid season red raspberry	10 cm pot	$4.50
Currant	Red and Black			$5

	OLIVES
Olive Ascolarno	Italian cultivar. Medium sized fruit	5cm pot	$ 2.30
Olive Barnea	Olive commercial cropping variety.	5cm pot	$ 2.30
Olive El Greco	Olive El Greco	5cm pot	$ 2.30
Olive J5	Popular Northland commercial for oil and pickling.	5cm pot	$ 2.30
Olive Koroneiki	Commercial oil Olive with smaller but flavoured fruit.	5cm pot	$ 2.30
Olive Leccino	Highly productive low acid frost hardier.	5cm pot	$ 2.30
Olive Manzanillo	Commercial producing Olive	5cm pot	$ 2.30
Olive Mission	A Californian variety The medium-size oval fruit is freestone, it has a firm but very bitter flesh and ripens rather late . It is good for pickling and for oi . It is of average oil content and is grown for producing cold-pressed olive oil A vigorous fruit tree	5cm pot	$ 2.30
Olive Verdale	Self Fertile Compact growth suitable for containers Mainly for pickling 3-4m	5cm pot	$ 2.30

Shelter and Hedging Plants

Alnus acuminata	ssp Arguta	The plants are 1m high These plants are ideal for shelter growing eventually to 25- 30 metres Roughly conical in growth they retain their leaves in the warmer parts of the country. Also produces a good hardwood timber There is some good information on the www.crop.cri.nz	Bare Root	$11
Buxus	Sempervirens	English box	5cm pots	$2
	s. varigated		10 cm pots	$ 2.50
Corokia	Bronze King	Bronze foliage growing to 2m	10cm pots	$2.50
	Frosted Chocolate	Has chocolate foliage and small yellow floers early summer followed by red berries growing to to about 2 meters but can be trimmed to less Can be used for hedging or as a stand alone plant.Frost hardy and tolerates wind and is suitable for coastal areas. Average soil conditions	5cm pots	$2.30
	Pipsqueak	This is a green variety of the native corokia. It is compact and will grow to about 2 meters Can be used for hedging or as a stand alone plant.Frost hardy and has small yellow flowers. plant in sun or partial shade	5cm pots	$2.30

Grass like plants

Herbs

Laurus	nobilis	The bay leaves used with roast meet. Can grow to a tall tree but usually kept clipped. Can be grown in a tub and trained to shape.	10cm pots	$2.50
Rosemary	prostrate	An ideal plant for banks or where a low growing shrub is needed. Has pale ble flowers in summer. Can be used for cooking	10cm pots	$1.80
Thymus	aurea	The golden thyme. Used in cooking and as aground cover will take light foot trafic	10 cm pots	$2.50

Herbaceous Plants all $2.30 each

Ajuga

Low spreading ground cover with spikes of blue flowers to 30 cm

0.3m

Heuchera Palace Purple

Bronze foliage Goes well in pots or window box and leaves contrast with other lighter foliage. Small flowers on a spike Full sun or part shade need to be well fed

0.2m

Kniphofia 'Little Maid'

This dwarf, free flowering Kniphofia is always in great demand. Foliage is dwarf, almost grass-like with profuse 'pokers' of soft cream & yellow flowers. Great for mass planting at the front of the border or for pot work. Hardy. 0.6 x 0.25m

0.8m

Lobellia cardinalis Q Victoria

From the rosette of bronze leaves the flower spike rises with similar colour and red flowers. Likes damp conditions

0.5m

Nepeta Cat Mint

This Catmint is a non-reseeding selection with attractive crinkled blue/green foliage and deep lavender-blue flowers. Cut back after its first flush of flowers in late spring and it will bloom again in late simmer. Hardy for garden or containers. 30cm

Penstemon Apple Blossom

Modern hybrid, with compact growth, large flowers, with small pink tipped white flowers.

Penstemon Barbedos

Suitable for rockery or border, loose spikes of tubular red flowers, grows 40cm

0.5m

Penstemon Burford Purple

Large purple bells, rich colour, good for long flowering season.

Penstemon Mystica

Bronze rosettes of foliage, lavender pink flowers, good for cut flower, & butterfly food.

Perovskia Blue Spire

Large spires of vivid blue flowers are borne on long stems above attractive, finely lobed, grey-green foliage. Produces an effective display that will be a welcome addition in cottage gardens., rockeries or patio Hardy likes full sun and tolerates dry 1m

0.6m

Pratia pedunculata Country Park

A flat ground cover can be invasive. It is covered in blue flowers in summer. It can be grown in pots or hanging baskets needs to be kept moist. A good base for Astelia Westerland or Phormium Jester

0.1m