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Lancewood

The Lancewood /  Pseudopanax ferox is a classic NZ tree for its distinctive juvenile form. It goes well in regenerating areas with dry soil conditions up to 750m. It provides a good winter and spring food supply for the native bird life once mature.

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Lancewood

The Lancewood /  Pseudopanax ferox is a classic NZ tree for its distinctive juvenile form. It goes well in regenerating areas with dry soil conditions up to 750m. It provides a good winter and spring food supply for the native bird life once mature.

$10.00$19.00

What about Shipping?

For small orders, shipping is calculated automatically on the website. Please get in contact for larger orders to arrange. Commercial pricing available. 

Lancewood

The Lancewood /  Pseudopanax ferox is a classic NZ tree for its distinctive juvenile form. It goes well in regenerating areas with dry soil conditions up to 750m. It provides a good winter and spring food supply for the native bird life once mature.

$10.00$19.00

What about Shipping?

For small orders, shipping is calculated automatically on the website. Please get in contact for larger orders to arrange. Commercial pricing available. 

Common Name: Lancewood

Scientific Name: Pseudopanax ferox

Height at Maturity: 15m

Time To Maturity: 15-20 year+, changes form ~ above 6m tall

Max Altitude: 750m

Habitat: A common plant found throughout lowland and montane forests and shrublands on the North, South and Stewart Islands. The juvenile form is particularly abundant in regenerating bush and along forest edges, especially in lowland areas and dry sites.

Domesticated Uses: A good additional to any garden.

Flowering: Small, greenish-yellow flowers, pollinated by insects, flowers

Fruiting: The purplish-black ripens in late winter/early spring

Birds Life: A winter fruiting tree, it is very important for whitehead, tūī and wood pigeon/ kererū

Planting Instructions: naturally grows along forest edges, especially in lowland areas and dry sites.

Uses: Occasionally used as a source of timber, mostly in Otago, but the wood is not as durable as some other species.

The juvenile lancewood stage lasts for between 15 to 20 years. It is very distinctive pointy leaves for climbing through the canopy, until the crown breaches and the reasonable different mature tree form. It is rumoured that the juvenile tree form came as a defensive mechanism to allow the tree to mature in the face of predation by the Moa.

It is a good follow up to some Ake Ake, Kanuka, and Manuka.

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