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[Lesley Cox]

No 6 could be the native Broadleaf, Griselinia littoralis (or is it Griselina?)

[Anthony Darby]

No 6 could be the native Broadleaf, Griselinia littoralis (or is it Griselina?)

Looks right Lesley.

No idea, Anthony. Send you a PM. Have a adress from New Zealand.

Thanks Uli.

[Stephenb]

Stephen  - I think you have one of very good provenance.  I know of only one here in Nova Scotia that doesn't routinely freeze back to the ground.  None of the ones that freeze back are unlikely to have seen a temperature of -23c since they have been grown.  Our growing season is too short or there's not enough heat in our season to ripen wood properly.

johnw - another week of cloud and rain

Trondheim near where I live has significantly lower maximum temperatures throughout the year - the two figures show a comparison of Trondheim and Halifax for 1) average max and 2) average min temperatures (your winters are colder normally):

[Maggi Young]

No 6 could be the native Broadleaf, Griselinia littoralis (or is it Griselina?)

'Tis spelled  Griselinia, Lesley, since 1846  ..... though, in 1844, it was called Pukateria littoralis

Reported as a synonym for Griselinia littoralis with original publication details: Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. III, 2: 120 1844.
Wonder why the earlier name didn't stick?  

Griselinia is a most obliging shrub... stems cut for flower arrangements last for ages, allowing new blooms to refresh the display while retaining the evergreen foliage, then will root in water and give you new plants .... yes, very obliging, if a smidgeon tender in the worst winters here.

[Anthony Darby]

It's grown as an evergreen hedge here, but can grow to 20 metres. In most of New Zealand it is called "broadleaf".

[Michael J Campbell]

if a smidgeon tender in the worst winters here.

They were all killed by the frost here last winter and I now have an extra 35sq yards of garden when the next door neighbours removed their dead hedge and built a wall. Waiting on the neighbours on the other side to remove theirs.

[johnw]

Stephen  - I think you have one of very good provenance.  I know of only one here in Nova Scotia that doesn't routinely freeze back to the ground.  None of the ones that freeze back are unlikely to have seen a temperature of -23c since they have been grown.  Our growing season is too short or there's not enough heat in our season to ripen wood properly.

johnw - another week of cloud and rain

Trondheim near where I live has significantly lower maximum temperatures throughout the year - the two figures show a comparison of Trondheim and Halifax for 1) average max and 2) average min temperatures (your winters are colder normally):

Interesting Stephen. Perhaps our shorter growing season combined with our more protracted cold does the Paulownias in.

johnw

[Anthony Darby]

Could tree 7 be the Indian bead tree (Melia azedarach)?

[Anthony Darby]

I checked another specimen of tree 6. The crushed leaves are very aromatic - reminiscent of eucalyptus or camphor.

[Lesley Cox]

Yes, maybe. There are certainly heaps of them around Auckland.

[Anthony Darby]

I think it's a camphor laurel (Cinnamomum camphora). The leaves look right and the smell is definitely camphor.

[Anthony Darby]

Still trying to identify this tree. It's now flowering.

[Maggi Young]

Still trying to identify this tree. It's now flowering.

Yup, that is most certainly a tree.

[David Nicholson]

Agreed

[Gerry Webster]

Still trying to identify this tree. It's now flowering.

Yup, that is most certainly a tree.

I'm not too sure. It has several stems/trunks so some might call it a shrub.