Parsonsia micropetala - site

Parsonsia heterophylla (Native jasmine) has arrived in a box from

www.treesforbees.co.nz

First time using them and pretty impressed

Yesterday I found seedpods of Parsonsia heterophylla, NZ Jasmine or Kaihua 🌿

13. Hugh Wilson’s 2013 magnum opus PLANT LIFE ON BANKS PENINSULA, an utterly delightful botanical guide laced with Hugh’s humour and hundreds of drawings. A shame this is no longer in print.

i’m starting to see kaihua grow up under dense canopy in the waimapihi reserve in pōneke. it’s going to be beautiful treetop flowers soon 🥰

here it is living up to it’s latin name (parsonsia heterophylla)- the variety of leaf forms (small clubs, round, long and serrated) on young plants are amazing

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Parsonsia micropetala - site

Here’s my contribution to #plantspiration kaihua/native jasmine Parsonsia heterophylla - Great climber, lovely foliage year round, yummy smelling flowers - habitat for a range of invertebrates & visited by birds. Easy to grow in small urban backyards! #urbanbiodiversity

Planting some kaihua māori jasmine #parsonsia @StonefieldsSch Softening spaces with a native vine - looking forward to the lovely white scented flowers & all the pollinators #urbanbiodiversity

Woohoo! Some native bees are nesting in our backyard! Our shade sail pole has become a biodiversity structure! In amongst the kaihua #nativejasmine #parsonsia Good spotting @nzhymenoptera

The monarchs are enjoying kaihua #parsonsia #nativejasmine #kiwisummer

Next lot of Maori jasmine #kaihua #Parsonsia ready to go....

Time to prick out the native jasmine #kaihua #parsonsia seedlings & sow more seeds...

Excitement at our house! The first Kaihua/Maori jasmine seedling is up! #parsonsia #sharethebiodiversity

Best thing I've grown in my garden: Kaihua/Maori Jasmine (Parsonsia). Beautiful native flowers! #urbanbiodiversity

Wish Twitter had smell! Kaihua (Parsonsia) smells amazing & NZ native alt. to weedy Jasminum: if I can grow it...

drhoz.tumblr.com/post/8183302... #3747 - Parsonsia heterophylla - Kaihua

AKA New Zealand jasmine, from the fact it’s a woody vine producing a profusion of strongly-scented flowers. First described in 1893 by English botanist and explorer Alan Cunningham.

one of the big changes in the waimapihi is the increased prevalence of young kaihua (nz jasmine).

here living up to it’s latin name (parsonsia heterophylla) - the variety of leaf forms on young plants.