Metrosideros robusta

Northern Rātā

metrosideros robusta
metrosideros robusta
metrosideros robusta northern rata flowering
metrosideros robusta northern rata flowers
metrosideros robusta northern rata foliage
metrosideros robusta northern rata hedge

A bushy tree with small, dark olive-green leaves. Cold hardy and tolerant of moderate coastal exposure. Superb as a screen and very adaptable to pruning into any shape or form. Rust-red flowers are borne from early to mid-summer. Excellent street tree.

native tree Native
evergreen tree Evergreen
tolerates coastal sites Tolerates coastal sites
tolerates windy sites Tolerates windy sites
clay soils Clay soils
poor draining soils Poor draining soils
dry soils Dry soils
street Street
hedging and screening Hedging and screening
attracts bees Attracts bees
attracts birds Attracts birds
Stem Foliage Flowers Fruit
Summer
Autumn
Winter
Spring

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Taxonomy and Etymology

Genus: Metrosideros

Species: Metrosideros robusta, rōbusta (Latin, adjective), meaning 'robust, strong, firm', in reference to the immense strength and hardness of this species' wood.

Common Name: Northern Rātā

Description and Features

Description: A bushy tree with small, dark olive-green leaves. Cold hardy and tolerant of moderate coastal exposure. Superb as a screen and very adaptable to pruning into any shape or form. Rust-red flowers are borne from early to mid-summer. Excellent street tree.

Height: 8m

Width: 5m

Uses: Street, Hedging and screening, Attracts bees, Attracts birds

Tolerates: Coastal, Windy

Soil Type: Clay soils, Poor draining soils, Dry soils

Winter Foliage: Evergreen

Origin: Native

Foliage:

  • Summer: Green

  • Autumn: Green

  • Winter: Green

  • Spring: Green

Flowers:

  • Summer: Red

  • Autumn: None

  • Winter: None

  • Spring: None

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Prices subject to change without notice. Actual stock quantity may differ. Every care is taken to accurately record heights but due to slightly different growth rates and other natural variables that can occur within and to a species, variety, or cultivar, the actual height of the final product may differ from what is stated.