Olearia macrodonta
(New Zealand Holly)
Family - Asteraceae
Category - Shrub
Origin - New Zealand
Year of Introduction - 1886
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Hardiness - H4
Height - up to 3m
Width - up to 3m
Location - The White Garden
Description: A medium-sized Evergreen Shrub with a bushy, upright habit. Holly-like, grey-green leaves are ovate to oblong in shape with spiny, coarsely toothed margins. The leaves have a leathery texture and are covered in white felt on the undersides. Small daisy-like flowers are composed of white petal-like ray florets surrounding a central cluster of Disc florets that turn brown with age. The prolific flowerheads are held in Corymbs and produced from early to midsummer. Attractive to pollinating insects.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Additional common name - Daisy Bush
Flower:
Small daisy-like flowers are composed of white ray florets surrounding a central cluster of yellow disc florets that turn brown with age. The flowerheads are held in dense corymbs at the tips of the woody, upright stems. The blooms are produced in June and July.
Flower colour: White
Flower shape: Daisy-like flowerheads, disc and ray florets, held in corymbs
Flowering time: June, July
Foliage:
Leathery grey-green leaves are ovate to oblong with Dentate, spiny margins. The foliage has white felt on the undersides. The leaves are Alternately arranged on upright stems.
Foliage Senescence: Evergreen
Foliage Shape: Ovate to oblong
Propagation:
Cuttings.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in fertile, well drained soil.