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Coastal Daisy Bush

Shawia solandri

Also called Coastal Daisybush, Coastal Tree Daisy

Coastal Daisy Bush
Photo: Rudolph89, CC BY-SA 3.0

Coastal daisy bush is a small, upright, bushy shrub or small tree from New Zealand's coasts, growing up to about 4 m. It is hardy and tolerant of salt wind, and needs full sun and well-drained soil.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while young, then let the soil dry out between waterings; it tolerates drought once established.
Soil
Free-draining soil, tolerant of sand and poor soils
Temperature
5–25 °C; hardy to light frost, protect from hard frost
How easy
Easy
Native range
New Zealand
Climate
temperate

About

Shawia solandri, commonly known as coastal daisy-bush or coastal tree daisy, is a coastal shrub of New Zealand in the Asteraceae family.

The plant has an upright, bushy stature, with leaves 5–8 mm long. S. solandri can grow into a small tree about four metres high.

Where it grows

The species is native to the North Island and the northern parts of the South Island of New Zealand.

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 Shawia solandri 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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