Description Metrosideros excelsa – Pohutukawa / New Zealand Christmas Bush DESCRIPTION: A hardy, stout trunked shrub or small tree with ovate, grey/green, leathery leaves and spectacular crimson-stamened pincushion or pom-pom type flowers. HEIGHT: 6.0m-10.0m WIDTH: 3.0m-4.0m *height & width at maturity FORM: Rounded FOLIAGE: Thick, leathery grey green foliage. FLOWERS and FRUIT: Red, almost bottlebrush like with many stamens BARK: GROWTH RATE: Moderate LANDSCAPE USES: TOLERANCES: Prefers a full sun position. Extremely tolerant of salty and windy conditions. Tolerant of most soils but prefers moist, well drained conditions. Not frost tolerant. TREE CARE: Prune to shape
