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A dense stand of wild ginger in flower Warning: do not try to eat wild ginger. Apparently, it tastes horrible! Wild ginger does serious...

woolly nightshade showing flower buds and berries Although it may sound quite cute, there is nothing cuddly about the woolly nightshade....

Pampas grass is a really tough pest plant which can bully our native plants...

March's pest plant of the month is Madeira vine Flowering Madeira vine, beginning to strangle red matipo (Myrsine australis). Madeira...

February's pest plant of the month Flowers and leaves of blue morning glory a.k.a. blue bindweed Blue morning glory, Ipomoea indica , may...

Comparison of Tree Privet (Ligustrum lucidum) on the left and Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense) on the right, highlighting their...

December's pest plant of the month This month we feature two plants: kaihua, the native New Zealand jasmine and the pest plant Japanese...

Photo: Trevor James   Moth plant is a serious pest!   Moth plant ( Araujia hortorum ) is a climbing vine with bell-shaped flowers native...

An area of bush infested with climbing asparagus Climbing asparagus is a serious pest plant! It climbs through, up, and over native...

An area smothered with English ivy The threat to native trees and bush from English ivy English ivy growing up a pohutukawa English or...

Don’t let its looks deceive you. It may look delicate, but Jasminum polyanthum smothers other plants, blocks out native seedlings, and...

Difficult to get rid of, spreads easily, and stops our precious native plants from establishing: Agapanthus ticks all the boxes for our...

Wild ginger (Hedychium gardnerianum and H. flavescens) does serious damage to our natural areas. It spreads across the ground, chokes out...

The unique wetland ecology of Soldiers Bay has been under serious threat from a range of pest plants and animals. A long-term...

"Love and learning, the only things worth doing in life.’ What kind of volunteering work do you do? I’ve been a PFK volunteer for about...

We are collaborating with Pupuke Birdsong Project to run a weed control workshop this Saturday 18th February . Come along to learn how to...

March's pest plant of the month is Madeira vine Flowering Madeira vine, beginning to strangle red matipo (Myrsine australis). Madeira...

February's pest plant of the month Flowers and leaves of blue morning glory a.k.a. blue bindweed Blue morning glory, Ipomoea indica , may...

December's pest plants of the month Privet trees (tree privet and Chinese privet) are a real nuisance The invasive pair of tree privet...

November's plants of the month This month we feature two plants: the native New Zealand jasmine, or kaihua; and the pest plant Japanese...