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Plant of the Day
Saturday 14 March 2026
Through the window of this wonderful garden shelter in Edinburgh Botanic Garden, Scotland, can be seen the foliage of Hoheria 'Glory of Amlwch' (lacebark, New Zealand lacebark). This large semi-evergreen shrub is accepted as a hybrid between Hoheria glabrata and Hoheria sexstylosa. From mid-summer the stems will be crowded with pure white flowers.
Jill Raggett
#2620 - Hoheria glabrata - Mountain Ribbonwood
With a background hanging valley and waterfall off in the distance. I probably should have framed the photo better.
AKA Mountain Lacebark, whauwhi, whauwhau.
The flowers, from near Aoraki/Mt Cook a few days later.
One of the very few deciduous trees in Aotearoa, found only on the South Island and mostly west of the main divide. Where it's creeped over onto the eastern side of the mountains it overlaps with Hoheria lyallii. It grows to about 10m in height, in open and disturbed habitat.
The fibrous underbark of both species - known collectively as Houi by the Māori and the source of the scientific name - was used as a textile.
The seeds are winged mericarps dispersed by wind, and the best method of propagation for the garden. An extremely attractive species, that prefers cooler climates, and damp soil in a sunny site.
Arthur's Pass, Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Plant of the Day
Saturday 1 March 2025
Even in winter the foliage of Hoheria sexstylosa (ribbonwood, lacebark) provides interest. This upright, compact evergreen shrub is native to New Zealand. In summer there are fragrant, five-petalled white flowers borne in dense clusters.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Sunday 13 August 2023
Flowering over a gateway of Cruickshank Botanic Garden, Aberdeen, was this wonderful Hoheria glabrata (mountain ribbonwood). This tree is an endemic to new Zealand and one of the few deciduous trees on the Islands.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Wednesday 8 July 2020
The magical white flowers of Hoheria glabrata (ribbon tree, ribbonwood) are covering the branches with a summer display. This deciduous woody perennial from New Zealand needs a sunny, sheltered location, this one was in a border by a wall. The plant normally forms a large, multi-stemmed specimen and is one of the few deciduous trees native to New Zealand.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Sunday 13 August 2017
At Wyken Hall, Suffolk, UK, Hoheria sexstylosa (ribbonwood) was making a cloud of white, fragrant, late summer flowers. This large but compact evergreen shrub has a broadly columnar habit. It will grow in moderately fertile well-drained neutral to alkaline soil in full sun or partial shade, sheltered from cold, drying winds. The roots can be protected with a winter mulch.
Jill Raggett
#3746 - Hoheria sexstylosa - Long-leaved Lacebark
The binomial is derived from the Māori name houhere, and the flowers having six (sometimes 5 or 7) styles.
Endemic to parts of New Zealand, but those parts don't include Dunedin, so this one may be an escapee from somebody's garden. Fully grown, the tree can be 18m tall, and 6 wide, with large white flowers. Most common in forests adjacent to rivers - which was the case here, next to the Leith.
Woodhaugh Gardens, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand.
My happy trees; with the good sized #totara well underway. With a bit of luck he’ll see out the next millennium. The contrasting lime-coloured #hoheria tolerates being gently shaped. I wonder what our garden will look like in 1,000 years time. #topiary #gardenreimagined #freshnewday #landscaping #nznativeplants https://www.instagram.com/p/BsHfxjTjmfO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vusgietk06aq
