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Orders can be picked up or sent nationwide in New Zealand. Orders can be paid for by credit card for pick up, or for orders being shipped, you can complete the order and the invoice for payment will be sent after the freight cost has been calculated. After receiving the invoice with the freight cost, you can decide if you wish to go ahead with the order, or cancel it. Once payment has been received, we will send your order. We send plant orders Monday and Tuesday nationwide, and on Wednesday to urban North Island addresses. Non-perishable items are sent Monday to Friday.
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The apple box tree is a shady tree with numerous branches and dense foliage. Its leaves have the scent of apples, and this gives the name of the tree. It blossoms from February to April, more or less every year and produces both nectar and pollen. The apple box honey is amber in color, not very dense, granulates more or less and makes a perfect winter food for bees. Relatively hardy to about –12 ºC, but will resprout as a coppice from lower temperatures that kill the top.
Good standard ornamental tree for the wider landscape, looking very similar to a standard apple tree in outline, with a large open crown. Cut foliage is fabulous. Heart shaped leaves in a stunning shade of blue. The adult leaves are lance-shaped, the same glossy green on both sides.