New Zealand Daisy Bush

This article relates to the flora of new zealand especially indigenous strains. If you d like more information about daisy bush olearia macrodonta hedging just scroll to the bottom of the page.

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New zealand daisy bush

Special thanks finn michalak collection curator of otari native botanic garden wellington. The genus includes herbaceous plants shrubs and small trees. Check out our range of plants products at your local bunnings warehouse.

Visit us today for the widest range of garden products. Olearia are found in australia new guinea and new zealand. Olearia macrodonta is a stronger more vigorous variety with sage green holly like leaves and large fragrant heads creamy flowers in summer a great coastal hedge or shrub.

Introduction the native flora of new zealand is unique as it evolved in isolation for millions of years. In late spring or early summer every shoot becomes so smothered with clusters of white daisy like flowers with yellow centers that the leaf almost disappears. About 10 15 of the total land area of new zealand is covered with native flora from tall kauri and kohekohe forests to rainforest dominated by rimu beech tawa matai and rata.

Brachyglottis greyi also called senecio greyi with the common name daisy bush is an endemic native of new zealand. Particularly suitable for coastal gardens olearia x scilloniensis daisy bush is a compact rounded evergreen shrub with small wavy edged gray green leaves. There are around five hectares of cultivated native plant collections and about 96 hectares of mature and regenerating native forest.

These gardens are the only public botanic garden in new zealand dedicated solely to native plants. 80 of our trees ferns and flowering plants are endemic found only in new zealand. Olearia macrodonta new zealand holly will reach a height of 4m and a spread of 4m after 10 20 years.

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