Metrosideros excelsa ‘Vibrance’

This cultivar of Metrosideros excelsa has been selected for its more upright, dense, and compact form. It is just as tough as the traditional Metrosideros excelsa, but it produces very large, vibrant red flowers from early to mid-summer that attract nectar-seeking birds. Metrosideros excelsa ‘Vibrance’ is a great choice for suburban gardens and is also an excellent street tree. Metrosideros excelsa ‘Vibrance’ has green leaves with silver-grey undersides. Metrosideros excelsa is evergreen and native to New Zealand. Metrosideros excelsa ‘Vibrance’ was found by John Dodsworth-Smith who alerted Graeme Platt to the original tree and Graeme obtained cutting material of it around 1985. The original tree is planted in a reserve near the sea at Waiomu on the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand.