Kowhai tree

Kowhai tree flowers (Sophora sp.), New Zealand (NZ) stock photo. Quality New Zealand images by well known photographer Rob Suisted, Nature's Pic Images.

Tui in a Kowhai tree - NZ

flowers of a native kowhai tree (Sophora species, Leguminosae, Fabaceae) planted outside the entrance to the visitors' center, Te Haruhi Bay, Shakespear Regional Park, Auckland, New Zealand

The blaze of yellow kowhai crowning the New Zealand forest is a sure sign of spring. The leaves, flower buds and open flowers are important food sources for native birds, and the flowers are also sources of nectar for honeyh eaters, and it is these birds, not bees, that are the tree's pollinators. Kowhai are small, woody legume trees in the genus Sophora native to New Zealand. There are eight species, S. microphylla being the most common. Kowhai trees grow throughout the country and are a…

New Zealand native songbird the Tui in native kowhai tree sucking nectar from bright yellow spring flowers. Photo about bird, feeding, iridescent, endemic, gold, bright - 133968536

Photos of Sophora tetraptera - North Island kowhai. Images of New Zealand Native Trees.

The kowhai is an endemic tree to New Zealand that produces beautiful yellow flowers in the spring. Read 6 facts about this tree here.

Tui in a Kowhai tree, last Saturday morning.

This gorgeous small tree is extremely adaptable - topiary, hedging, shrub, or a small spreading tree. It all depends on how you train it. The best thing about the Dragons Gold is the fact it flowers over winter, and the waxeyes and fantail birds love it. It flowers from about April right through until September, whereas the full- sized kowhai (microphylla and tetraptera) only flower in one big show in late spring. It flowers for about 6 months I have kept the trunks clear, training these to…