Native Red Mistletoe Christmas Card

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Native Red Mistletoe Christmas Card

Spread some native holiday cheer with our cheeky Red Mistletoe card-perfect for adding a splash of Kiwi charm (and maybe a little festive mischief) to your Christmas greetings!

Hand drawn and water-colored New Zealand native red mistletoe / Pirirangi Christmas card, full colour with blank inside. Illustration details on the back of card.

A6 folded 260gsm card with a coated exterior to provide the best print finish. Matte interior for ease of writing, with C6 brown recycled 120gsm paper envelope.

Available as individual cards, a 6 – pack, or a Duo 8 – pack featuring 4x Poor Knights Lilly Christmas cards and 4x Native Red Mistletoe Christmas cards.

If you are interested in selling these, let me know!

These are printed locally and packaged by hand by me 🙂

Watch me create this art here

Native Red Mistletoe botanical study by Penny Royal Design

Note on Shipping:

Did you know that I only charge a flat rate for shipping for greeting cards, art prints and calendars regardless of how many you purchase?

You just pay for the biggest item in your cart and then you can add alllll the other cards, prints and calendars for no extra shipping!! I also don’t charge extra for Rural delivery (I got you country folk, I was raised in the wop wops 😊)

So, say you buy an A4 art print – within NZ shipping is $7.50 (this is what I get charged, no markup from me). Then you add a calendar, wait 2 calendars for both your sisters-in-law. Then 8 greeting cards and 3 more A4 art prints… you will still only pay $7.50 shipping.

I also have a free pickup option for my local peeps. Just select ‘Free Local Pickup’ from the shipping options in checkout and you won’t pay a thing for shipping. And let’s be honest, I usually hand deliver them if I am going past!

International folks

The shipping from NZ is really expensive for us (the downside of living on a beautiful island in the middle of nowhere). But same deal, you only pay one flat rate for the largest item. So, same price for 1 art print as it is for 10… or more! (I mean if you want to order 1500 art prints, I will be so frikken grateful for the order I am happy to shout you the extra shipping, even if you live in Antarctica!).

Packaging my items as beautifully and safely as I possibly can is one of my favorite things. I try to use as much recycled packaging as I can. However, I am not perfect, and am totally open to suggestions! I have an awesome record of items arriving perfectly. People always comment how beautiful their package was to open.

I even had an A3 print that went all the way to Italy and back (delivery address issue at the Italian end) and while the packaging was a little tatty, the art print inside was still perfect!!

Shipping Charges Discrepancy

Occasionally I have had an issue on third party sites overcharging the shipping. But I have worked out how to refund part of the shipping, so I just put that back through to the customer – even if it is only $2.80, I got you.

The other items on my website are not items I keep in stock in my office studio in Stoke, Nelson, NZ. They are printed on demand and shipped by my awesome collaboration partners from all over the world. I love print on demand, it means I can offer a huge range of high quality items with no wastage. Nothing is created until you order it, and then it is printed just for you. So the shipping rates are set by them and not something I have any control over.

Native Red Mistletoe Christmas Card

The New Zealand native red mistletoe, known as pirirangi or pikirangi, is a bright red-flowering shrub that grows up to 2 meters wide. It lives as a semi-parasite on native trees like mountain and black beech, drawing water and nutrients from its hosts. Its glossy, diamond-shaped leaves have tiny raised blisters, and its striking red tubular flowers bloom from October to January.

The flowers open explosively, shedding petals that carpet the forest floor. Birds play a key role by pollinating the flowers and spreading the seeds. Red mistletoe grows mainly in both the North and South Islands, often near the trunks of its host trees. It adds a splash of vivid color to native forests but faces threats from habitat loss and pests, making it an important species for conservation.