Landscape designer Tony Murrell is with Jesse to discuss what you should plant if you're looking to pay tribute to or remember somebody special to you. His suggestions are:

Jacaranda mimosifolia flowering late spring early summer.

Prunus mountain haze or awanui good for small gardens soft pink flowers.

Metrosiderous excelsa , moon maiden [yellow flower] or scarlett pimpernel [ smaller growing coastal sport form red flowering late December through January] and Mistral upright Rata Sport named after the French wind.

Ficus nitida – well behaved tidy evergreen tree with a large dense canopy of verdant green.

Acer Palmatum – Japanese maple , sculptural form beautiful dappled shade.

Quercus suber – Cork oak – majestic and rustic evergreen cork bark oak.

Olea europea Olive – sculptural spiritual Trees , fruiting in summer.

Cedrus atlantica glauca or Lebanii – ‘The bearing of the Cedars’

Pinus thumbergii – Japanese black pines.

Knightea excelsa – NZ Native honeysuckle.

Liquidamber gumball – 3/3 m mound shaped.

Cunnonia capensis South African butter knife bush evergreen flowering interesting foliage.

Vitex lucens – NZ Native Puriri.

Cercis forest Pansy.

Lagerstromia indica , flowering in pink , red ,white and mauve.

Podocarpus totara matapouri blue – NZ Native blue totara – can be purchased in cloud pruned shapes fabulous sculptural forms that can work amongst grass gardens and more formal designs.

Cussonia spicata – African cabbage Tree – ELEPHANTS favorite dinner.

Erythrina christa Gallii – Coral flower Tree.