Hokonui Alpines

WELCOME! We are a small family nursery run by Peter Salmond and his sister Louise. OUR SPECIALITY is a wide range of alpines and rock garden plants from all around the world, including New Zealand. For more than forty years we have been growing and selling these lovely little plants by mail order to alpine enthusiasts throughout New Zealand.

The NURSERY LOCATION, at an altitude of about 225metres, lies in the Hokonui Hills a few kilometres North West of Gore, in the lower South Island of New Zealand. Our climate is cool temperate, with cool dry winters, wet springs, and long daylight hours and low humidity during summer. Temperatures range from approx -8C to 30+C.

The highlight of our year is always a trip to the Spring Alpine Plant Show in Christchurch, hosted by the New Zealand Alpine Garden Society, where we exhibit and sell plants. In recent years we have received a number of premier awards for such treasures as Nototriche alternata and Ranunculus godleyanus.
Other events which we attend include the Dunedin Rhododendron Fete held in the upper Botanic Gardens in October, and Thieves' Alley held during Dunedin's Festival Week.

NEW ZEALAND GARDENERS: Our ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF PLANTS currently in stock is ONLINE and updated regularly.

OVERSEAS GARDENERS: We have a regularly updated ONLINE EXPORT SEED LIST of nursery-produced seed for sale. We regret we do not export live plants.

NEW ADDITION: SECOND-HAND BOOKS FOR SALE: We have a large number of Horticultural and Gardening Books, Magazines and Bulletins from three private collections which are surplus to requirements.

SITE UPDATED 26th JULY 2010

• Photos on this page from top to bottom are:
OXYTROPIS podocarpa
CELMISIA brevifolia hybrid
OXALIS lobata
CAMPANULA G.F.Wilson
ERIOPHYLLUM lanatum

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