Food for the birds

Plants to encourage the birds

Nectar Lovers – Tui, Bellbird, Waxeye

Non native plants:

* Grevillea
* Lauris Noblis (Bay)
* Honeysuckle
* Prunus Companulata
* Kniphofia (Red Hot Poker)
* Correa
* Banksia
* Embothrium (Chilean Fire Bush)
* Tagasaste (Tree Lucerne)
* Phygelius

Native Plants:

* Knightia excelsa (Rewarewa)
* Phormium
* Kowhai
* Kamahi
* Clianthus (Kaka Beak)
* Cordyline australis (Cabbage Tree)
* Metrosideros (Rata)
* Pohutukawa

Berry Lovers – all the above plus Wood pigeon, Kaka

* Coprosma – especially Lucida & Robusta
* Carpodetus (putuputweta)
* Aristotelia (Wineberry)
* Cordyline australis (Cabbage Tree)
* Corokia
* Rimu, Matai & especially Miro
* Elaeocarpus dentatus (Hinau)
* Gaultheria
* Lophomyrtus
* Muehlenbeckia
* Myrsine (Matipo)
* Pseudopanax (Five Finger)
* Lancewood
* Solanum aviculare (Poroporo)
* And of course anything from the orchard or berry patch that you leave unprotected

Lizards love flat growing coprosma with berries like acerosa & brunnea , Melicytus
(Porcupine bush)