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  • Dry / Moist
  • Full Sun
  • NZ Native
  • Evergreen
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Melicytus alpinus

Porcupine Bush

This unusual dense, flattened, sprawling and very hardy shrub, really does resemble a porcupine. Its short, stiff, interlaced leafless branchlets even have spiky tips. Suits rocky soils in full sun, but will grow on any well-drained soil. Evergreen. Hardy.

0.8m
1.2m
  • Medium
  • 0.5m
  • 0.8m
2.5L Pot
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  • Dry / Moist
  • Full Sun
  • NZ Native
  • Evergreen
  •  
  •  
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