Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster glaucophyllus Just want to know how to kill it? Skip to control methods What does it look like? An arching, spreading, evergreen shrub usually less than 3m tall but can grow up to 5m. Cotoneaster has distinctive bunches of small red berries from February to August. Mature cotoneaster leaves (30-70 x 15-35 mm) have […]
Chinese privet
Ligustrum sinense Just want to know how to kill it? Skip to control methods Also known as hedge privet, small-leaved privet What does it look like? Shrub or small tree growing to 5m high, with distinctive warty lumps on stems and densely hairy shoots. Evergreen in Northland, with oval, dull green leaves (25-60 x 12-25 […]
Wild ginger
Hedychium gardnerianum Just want to know how to kill it? Skip to control methods Also known as kahili ginger, ginger lily What does it look like? Non-woody perennial with soft erect stems, growing up to 2m tall, with a short pinkish ‘collar’ at the base. Forms deep beds of dense, many-branched taro-like rhizomes (rhizome beds […]
Tradescantia
Tradescantia fluminensis Just want to know how to kill it? Skip to control methods Also known as Wandering willie What does it look like? Creeping and mat-forming perennial groundcover with succulent, soft, creeping stems that root at all nodes touching the ground. Dark green, shiny, smooth and slightly fleshy leaves (3-6 cm long ) are […]
Moth Plant
Araujia hortorum Just want to know how to kill it? Skip to control methods Also known as Cruel Plant, Kapok Vine, moth vine, milk vine, milk weed, wild choko vine, Araujia sericifera, Physianthus albens What does it look like? Rampant, evergreen vine growing up to 8 m tall with smelly, milky sap and twining flexible […]
Jasmine
Jasminum polyanthum Just want to know how to kill it? Skip to control methods What does it look like? This is an evergreen climbing vine that grows up to mid-canopy height. It has very long, non-woody, round, tough, stems that root at the nodes. Smooth edged leaves are arranged in opposite pairs on stems, and […]
Climbing asparagus
Asparagus scandens Just want to know how to kill it? Skip to control methods Also known as Asparagus fern What does it look like? Scrambling & climbing plant. Long green, thin, wiry stems (2-4 m long) that are much branched at the top. Fine, fern-like foliage, small, delicate leaves. Tuberous roots. Tiny white flowers (Sept-Dec), […]
Woolly nightshade (tobacco weed)
Solanum mauritianum Just want to know how to kill it? Skip to control methods Also known as Tobacco weed, kerosene plant, flannel-leaf, Solanum auriculatum This ugly, itchy invader made our Dirty Dozen list because it is spreading rapidly around the Whangarei Heads peninsula, and left to its own devices, over time it will take over […]
Banana passionfruit
Passiflora tripartita all sub-species and P. tarminiama Just want to know how to kill it? Skip to control methods Also known as Banana passion flower, wild blue-crown, wild passion vine. Both species virtually identical in appearance and characteristics. What does it look like? A climbing vine that can climb up to 10m. Hanging pink flowers […]
Whangarei Heads School gets a boost from Northtec Students
This was just the first step of many in ridding the school of unwanted weeds but it is great to see just what a difference a day can make. Find out more…