ground-flowers

Updated: May 12, 2025

Then, though the ground-flowers cannot compare in number with those of England or Australia, the Islands are the chosen land of the fern, and are fortunate in flowering creepers, shrubs, and trees. There are the koromiko bush with white and purple blossoms, and the white convolvulus which covers whole thickets with blooms, delicate as carved ivory, whiter than milk.

William Pember Reeves - The Long White Cloud