Olearia virgata var.lineata
Family - Asteraceae
Category - Shrub
Origin - New Zealand
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Hardiness - H4
Height - 3m or more
Width - 2m or more
Location - The White Garden
Description: A large Evergreen Shrub with a bushy, upright habit and graceful, slender branches. The branches are upright initially, but begin to arch as they develop and age. The young stems are silvery-grey. Narrow linear leaves are grey-green and rolled at the margins. Small, daisy-like flowers each have many pale primrose yellow petals (ray florets) obscuring a discreet central cluster of Disc florets. The prolific flowerheads are held in opposite clusters and produced along the branches in early summer. The Blooms have a sweet fragrance.
Flower:
Small daisy-like flowerheads are composed of many ray florets (petals), and each bloom has a discreet central cluster of disc florets. The blooms are pale primrose yellow and sweetly scented. The flowerheads are held in opposite clusters along the branches and are produced in June.
Flower colour: Pale yellow
Flower shape: Daisy-like, disc and ray florets held in clusters
Flowering time: June
Foliage:
Narrow, linear leaves are grey-green and rolled at the margins. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on slender stems that are silvery when young.
Foliage Senescence: Evergreen
Foliage Shape: Linear
Propagation:
Cuttings.
Cultivation:
Grow in a sheltered position in full sun in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.