wild in the dunes and in mown lawn areas around sumner. pulled out the little ones but left the big fruiting patch.
Luma apiculata. Lincoln University Arboretum, Canterbury. Photos: © Murray Dawson
Luma apiculata. Cultivated, Ohinetahi, Governors Bay, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury. Photos: © Murray Dawson.
a whole hedge of this bad weed.
two planted here one is reverting and getting healthier.
Beautiful tree.
Sadly the Botanical Society reported on this species spreading under a beech forest.
Female tree now heavily flowering, as well as with fruit from last season. I had a brief look and found suckers but not seedlings.