Plant Information

Alectryon Excelsa

Plant Type: Small Tree
Plant Size: 6m x 4m in 10 yrs
General Information

The NZ Titoki is a great shade tree as these plants usually grow from a single leader and have a well shaped canopy.  An added bonus is that the birds adore the fruit.

Features:  Dark glossy leaves, flowers in early spring and summer and brilliant red and black berries.

Uses:  Feature or avenue trees that also grow well in commercial landscapes.  Mass plant in a native garden with simple underplanting

Combinations:  Arthropodium cirratum, Asplenium bulbiferum, Dianella nigra

Care:  Young plants are a little frost tender, plant in not too windy a position and mulch well

Planting Conditions
Full Sun Yes Dry
Part Shade Yes Moist Yes
Shade Wet
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