Metrosideros excelsa ‘Aurea’

This is a rare form of Metrosideros excelsa that produces yellow flowers from early to mid-summer. Metrosideros excelsa ‘Aurea’ thrives in coastal situations and can tolerate poor soils, wet, and drought conditions. It forms a large, broad-headed tree with thick, green leaves that have silver-grey undersides. Metrosideros excelsa ‘Aurea’ can be pruned to form hedges and screens or left as a specimen. Metrosideros excelsa is evergreen and native to New Zealand. Metrosideros excelsa ‘Aurea’ originated on Mōtītī Island in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand and was first discovered about 1940.