Huatoki Native Plant Nursery

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Huatoki Native Plant Nursery caters especially for native plant enthusiasts and is open by appointment only until further notice.

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Huatoki Native Plant Nursery is a small home based nursery that caters for native plant enthusiasts. There are no cultivars or exotic plants to be found, either in the plant stock available or the extensive gardens found throughout the nursery. The plants available will appeal to specialist plant collectors as well as those with more eclectic tastes and with an interest in unusual plants. Information about the geographic origin and eco-source status of the plant is provided when known. Divaricating plants (small-leaved, tangled-branched plants), as well as special local Taranaki plants, rare and distinctive species, shrub epiphytes, and native bird and reptile attracting plants, are an important feature in the plant stock available.

The nursery and accompanying gardens have been visited by special interest groups such as botanical societies from other parts of the country from as early as 1994 and has been described as ‘’definitely a 'must see' for New Zealand plant lovers visiting New Plymouth.” and as recently as 2012 as “a botanical treasure house.” The extensive native gardens provide a point of difference in that the plants available in the nursery can be viewed in their mature forms and in an aesthetically pleasing and natural looking setting. Visitors are welcome to come simply to view the gardens without charge.