The Plants

This website has a few top-level pages that offer advice in general terms.

Then there is a single page for each species. The species-specific pages should contain this information:

• Description of the plant
• Seed collecting
• Germination
• Growing on
• Planting
• External references

The general rule is that species-specific pages have a URL that includes the botanical name (all lower case with a hyphen). So for kauri we have:

“https://feaa.info/wordpress/grownative/agathis-australis”

The principle URL uses the botantical name because it is unique. On the other hand, some common or maori names apply to two different species (for example, there are two “mingimingi”). And sometimes the same species has two different common names (example here please). So the primary arrangement is to use the botanical name.

However, the search feature allows searching for a plant by its common name as well as its botanical name.

• Kawakawa
• Kauri
• Kohekohe
• Puriri
• Putaputaweta

• Agathis australis
• Carpodetus serratus
• Didymocheton spectabilis
• Piper excelsum
• Vitex lucens

Only a few plants are on this website initially, so we need people with experience to provide the information for new plants. If you have had success raising plants and would like to share this knowledge then please use the form below. The information will be emailed to the website organisers, who can then use it to create a new species-specific page.

You will see that the structure of the form below matches the structure of the species-specific pages, so it is easy for you to send us text that we can add to the new plant page. You can leave most fields blank if you like, but the more information you can provide the more useful your contribution will be.

New Plant Form

This form lets people send details of a new plant. The website team will convert this to a new species-specific page.

Your Name *

First

Last

So we can contact you and credit you.

Email *

So we can get back to you if we need to.

Botanical name

e.g. Agathis australis

Common name(s)

e.g. Kauri

Description

If you have any general notes on this plant then add them here.

Seed Collection

Please see the Seed Collection page for a list of topics we think people will want to know about.

Germination

Please see the Germination page for a list of topics we think people will want to know about.

Growing On

Please see the Growing On page for a list of topics we think people will want to know about.

Planting

Please see the Planting page for a list of topics we think people will want to know about.

External Links

If you know any good websites for this plant then add them here.

Photographs

This form does not (yet) allow photo uploads, so please email any photos to: charles.palmer@acutetechnology.com or provide URL. Ensure we have permission to publish, and we can credit the photographer.

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