Olearia tenuifolia [LOCAL]

Label description

Shiny Daisy Bush. Medium shrub to 1.5mH x 2mW. Small light green sticky leaves and blue or mauve daisy flowers for most of year. Grows in dry soils. Well drained site in sun or part shade. Responds to pruning.

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Olearia

Species

tenuifolia [LOCAL]

Form

Parentage

Category

Medium Shrub

Distribution

Shallow sandy or stony soils in woodland and dry sclerophyll forests in the ACT Region

Height

1.5 metres

Width

2 metres

Suggested use

Screen

Drainage

Draining Soils

Frost tolerance

Tolerates -7 degrees

Flowering months

January to December

Sun tolerance

Full Sun, Part Shade

Flower colour

Mauve

Rating

L.Thorburn (1,2), J.Chalker (3,4), D.Wood (5)