Piha - Beach Valley Rd Weedfree ProjectPlanting Plans An important message from Chris Ferkins, WCC: "Many plants including ferns spread really well naturally - wanting them on the site is thus not the same as needing to plant them. If we create the conditions that enable them to grow (esp. take away the weeds, limit erosion of the stream bank etc) they will most likely just start appearing 'out of no-where'. Thus our job, when planting, is to provide the community of plants as needed to assist the regeneration AND of course to add a bit extra as judged necessary for the visual amenity aspect of the street." Here it is Beach Valley Road folk: Our Planting Concept Plan. But before you look I'd like to acknowledge the great work Kristy Hall, Restoration Ecologist, has done. Not sure if you have met Kristy - she's a great gal and we have spent some time together walking Beach Valley Road, photographing, talking priorities for the project etc. Kristy : thank you for a great document and for all your hard work :-) Piha - Beach Valley Rd Report and Planting Concept Plan [4170kb]pdf Suggested Reading in above plan (and I have added one or two of my own): Which Coastal Plant - a simple guide to the identification of NZ's common plants - I have ordered one from Touchwood Books - one of NZs best on-line book shops.
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Stream Side in front of Brockie King's lower end of Beach Valley Road:This is a Zone B area: Open (high light) to semi-shade stream side   DARK BLUE Cyperus ustulatus Giant umbrella sedge . A vigorous sharp-edged swamp grass forming large thick clumps. Open damp places, coastal and lowland. Will grow in standing water. H 1.5m x W 1m See example of Cyperus ustelatus here RED Apodasmia similis Jointed Rush, Oioi Reed with fine grey-green foliage. Found bordering coastal salt marshes and estuaries Creeping rhizomes. H 1m x W 1m See example of Apodasmia similis - Oioi here YELLOW Carex virgata A vigorous sedge of swampty places throughout NZ, from sea level to 800m. As it is a successful colonising plant, it is used for wetland planting but it will grow on dry sites. Carex virgata grows naturally in flowerin gwater and areas prone to flooding.See example of Carex virgata - Swamp sedge here TORQUIOSE Hebe Obtusata Grows naturally on dry banks Beautiful flowers See this beautiful Hebe here
PINK: Carex lessoniana Damp to wet ground. Green tussocks with a wide-creeping rhizome. Damp or swampy ground. Ideal plant for stabilising stream banks You can see a photo here of this Carex GREEN: Astelia Banksii A coastal Astelia forming a clump with drooping, narrow silver leaves. It is found in the northern half of the North Island, generally on coastal cliffs and coastal lowland forest. Details of this beautiful Astelia here BLACK Carex flagellifera Native grass of stream sides and coastal shrub Have a peep at this Carex here
Lower Bank in front of Roger & Greg's at the lower right of Beach Valley Road:Zone D: Open sites with sandy soil where low growing species are required.   GREEN: Astelia Banksii A coastal Astelia forming a clump with drooping, narrow silver leaves. It is found in the northern half of the North Island, generally on coastal cliffs and coastal lowland forest. See photo and detail here YELLOW Ficinia nodosa Isolepis nodosa, Knobby clubrush A rush-like plant with a short creeping rhizomes, common throughout New Zealand. It is used for the revegetation of wetlands in restoration planting More detail and photo here PINK Libertia ixioides New Zealand Iris Found throughout NZ with white flowers in spring. Strap like leaves which turn orange in the sun .More details here RED Apodasmia similis Jointed Rush, Oioi Reed with fine grey-green foliage. Found bordering coastal salt marshes and estuaries. Creeping rhizomes. Nice photo here TORQUIOSE Hebe Obtusata Grows naturally on dry banks Beautiful flowers
See more detail and photo here BLUE Asplenium oblongifolium - Shining spleenwort The Shining Spleenwort has beautiful, glossy, bright green fronds which can grow to 1m or more in length. This variety can tolerate a wide range of conditions but is best suited to dry, shady areas under trees and does not like excessive moisture.
Photo etc here ORANGE Lepidosperma Laterale - Sword sedge Attractive sedge with flattened leaves See details here
Stream Sides in front # 48 - 54 Sorry - no photo but plants .............. This is a Zone C area: Shaded stream sides under canopy Blechnum novae-zelandiae ? Kiokio Attractive rhizomatous fern for erosion control Blechnum photo here (south facing only - ours didn't take on north facing) Carex flagellifera Native grass of stream sides and coastal shrub Photo here
Catex lessoniana Damp to wet ground. Green tussocks with a wide-creeping rhizome. Damp or swampy ground. Ideal plant for stabilising stream banks See details and photo here Libertia grandiflora New Zealand Iris Stems of white 3 petalled flowers are held above the leaves in Spring, followed by reddish to black seed capsules in the Autumn. These seed capsules open almost immediately after ripening. See this libertia here Hebe Obtusata Grows naturally on dry banks Beautiful flowers Good Hebe details here
Bank Sides in front # 13 - 19 (no wandering jew) Sorry - no photo but plants .............. This is a Zone G area: Infill planting and erosion control in shade beneath canopy Blechnum novae-zelandiae ? Kiokio Attractive rhizomatous fern for erosion control Blechnum photo here Libertia grandiflora New Zealand Iris Stems of white 3 petalled flowers are held above the leaves in Spring, followed by reddish to black seed capsules in the Autumn. These seed capsules open almost immediately after ripening. See this libertia here
Lepidosperma Laterale - Sword sedge Attractive sedge with flattened leaves See details here Asplenium oblongifolium - Shining spleenwort A beautiful, glossy, bright green fronds which can grow to 1m or more in length. This variety can tolerate a wide range of conditions but is best suited to dry, shady areas under trees and does not like excessive moisture. Photo etc here Rengarenga lily - Native lily with white flower in spring Turutu - Dianella nigra - Attractive dry tolerant groundcover species Photo here Astelia Banksii A coastal Astelia forming a clump with drooping, narrow silver leaves. It is found in the northern half of the North Island, generally on coastal cliffs and coastal lowland forest. See photo and detail here
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