General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 15 to 40 feet
Plant Spread: 12 to 18 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Semi-evergreen
Fruit: Other: 2 to 3 inch constricted brown pods containing several seeds.
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Pollinators: Various insects
Miscellaneous: Monoecious

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Common names
  • Kowhai
  • Large-Leaved Kowhai
  • North Island Kowhai

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Date: c. 1807
illustration from Moriarty's 'Fifty Plates of Greenhouse Plants',
Location: Botanical Garden Brookings, Oregon
Date: 2017-04-20
Location: Botanical Garden Brookings, Oregon
Date: 2017-04-20
Location: Botanical Garden Brookings, Oregon
Date: 2017-04-20
Location: Botanical Garden brookings, Oregon
Date: 2017-04-20
Location: Botanical Garden Brookings, Oregon
Date: 2017-04-20

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