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Ake Ake

Olearia traversiorum

Also called Chatham Island Akeake, Chatham Island Tree Daisy

Ake Ake
Photo: Peter de Lange, CC0

Ake Ake (Olearia traversiorum) is a small tree daisy endemic to New Zealand's Chatham Islands, also called Chatham Island akeake. It is a hardy, wind-tolerant shrub or tree best grown outdoors in mild, sunny, free-draining sites.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let the top of the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining garden soil or a gritty mix; tolerates poor, sandy or exposed soils.
Temperature
10–25 °C; tolerates cool and windy coastal conditions but protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate

About

Olearia traversiorum, the Chatham Island akeake, or Chatham Island tree daisy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to the Chatham Islands of New Zealand. It is also known by the synonym O. traversii.

Other Olearia plants

Mountain holly · Swamp Akeake · Daisy bush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Olearia traversiorum 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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