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Cypress Daisy Bush

Olearia teretifolia

Also called Cypress Daisybush

Cypress Daisy Bush
Photo: Chris Clarke, CC BY 2.5

Cypress daisy-bush is a slender, erect to spreading shrub from south-eastern Australia, growing up to about 1.5 m, with needle-like leaves and white and yellow daisy flowers in spring. It is grown in gardens mainly as a hardy, drought-tolerant native with good sun and well-drained soil.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly until established, then rely on rainfall and water sparingly in dry periods; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained soil, tolerates sandy or poor soils.
Temperature
Hardy to cold winters; tolerates light frost and hot dry summers, protect from severe frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
South Australia to Victoria

About

Olearia teretifolia, commonly known as cypress daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a slender, erect to spreading shrub with more or less sessile, linear leaves pressed against the stem, and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

Where it grows

Olearia teretifolia grows in forest, mallee and scrub in disjunct areas of Victoria and in the south-east of South Australia.

Other Olearia plants

Olearia adenocarpa · Olearia adenolasia · Olearia aglossa · Alpine Daisy Bush · Daisy bush · Olearia alpicola · Olearia angulata · Olearia archeri · Olearia arguta · Olearia arida · Rough Daisy Bush · Marble Daisy Bush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Olearia teretifolia 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.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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