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Coronidium elatum

Coronidium elatum
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0

A woody, upright shrub from eastern Australian open forests, grown in gardens for its abundant white daisy flowers in spring. It grows quickly and is frost hardy, and needs full or part sun.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Shrub, Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Soil
Nutrient-rich, well-drained soil such as those derived from shale, basalt or sandstone.
Temperature
Frost hardy; protect from severe cold, exact limits not documented.

About

Coronidium elatum, commonly known as the white paper daisy or tall everlasting, is a perennial herbaceous shrub in the family Asteraceae found in open forests in eastern Australia. A woody shrub 0.6 to 2 m (2.0 to 6.6 ft) tall, it has white flowers which appear in spring. It was known as Helichrysum elatum for many years until it was finally reviewed in 2008.

Where it grows

Coronidium elatum is found from the southeastern corner of Queensland, along the eastern coastal regions of New South Wales and into the tip of eastern Victoria. It grows on shale, basalt or sandstone-based soils which are high in nutrients, in open forest or rainforest margins, under such trees as brown barrel (Eucalyptus fastigata), mountain grey gum (E. cypellocarpa), messmate (E. obliqua) or white stringybark (E. globoidea).

Uses

Coronidium elatum is a highly regarded and underutilised garden plant, producing abundant flowers and growing quickly. It is frost hardy and grows in full or part sun. It can be propagated from seed, or by cuttings, although these are susceptible to rotting. One cultivar, Coronidium elatum 'Sunny Side Up', has been released commercially.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Coronidium elatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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