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Asteraceae
Olearia
Olearia × haastii
Protection from coastal storms.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Olearia
- Native to
- New Zealand
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Type
- evergreen shrub
- Height
- 4-8 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun to part shade
- Soil
- well-drained, average
- Water
- low to moderate
- Hardiness
- 8-10
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Known as 'daisy bush' because the shrub becomes covered in clusters of small white daisy-like flowers.
- It is the hardiest of all olearias, surviving in exposed coastal gardens where salt spray kills most plants.
- Named for Julius von Haast, the German-born geologist who explored and mapped much of New Zealand's Southern Alps.
- The leathery, olive-green leaves have white felted undersides that reflect light in the wind.
- In Britain it is one of the most popular screening and hedging shrubs for seaside gardens.
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