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Kōrero: Horticultural use of native plants

Mt Cook lily

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Mt Cook lily

One New Zealand’s flowering gems is the Mt Cook lily (Ranunculus lyallii), growing here in the rock garden at Larnach Castle, near Dunedin. This alpine plant is actually a buttercup but, unlike most buttercups it produces flowers with pure white petals. It is best grown in a cool climate, in a spot with excellent drainage.

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Larnach Castle

by Stephen Jaquiery

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Maggy Wassilieff, Horticultural use of native plants – Specialist plants, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/10468/mt-cook-lily (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.