mikimiki

Coprosma virescens | mikimiki

A tough, upright shrub with a dense, divaricating form and thin pale-green leaves held on tangled, wide-angled branches. The bark is smooth and mottled in grey, cream, and greenish tones. Small white fruits, often tinged green and dotted with black, are an important food source for birds. Fast growing and highly resilient, it tolerates drought, wind, frost, and poor soils, making it well suited to exposed sites, hedging, and ecological restoration.