Olearia haastii


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Read about Olearia haastii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Olearia haastii, Hook., long known in south of England as a good late summer- and autumn-blooming shrub and apparently the only one that has been regularly offered in this country: in New Zeal., where it is native (in the south island), a shrub 4-8 ft. high, with hoary branches: Lvs. alternate, oblong, elliptic or oblong-ovate. 1¼ in. or less long, shining above and tomentose beneath: heads small and numerous, containing 8-10 florets, and 3-5 short broad white rays. B.M. 6592. G.C. III. 20:533. Gn. 38, p. 149; 78, p. 473. J.H. III. 68:265. F. 1874, p. 198. R.H. 1913, pp. 495, 497.

Other recent accessible portraits of olearias as cult, plants are: O. chathamica, Kirk, G.C. III. 53:363; O. Forsteri, Hook, f., G. 35:515; O. insignis, Hook, f., G.C. III. 57:333. Gn. 79, p. 301. G. 37:283. O. macrodonta, Baker, G. 35:443, 445; O. myrsinoides, Muell., Gn. 77, p. 58, the Australian daisy-bush blooming in England in June; O. nitida, Hook, f., G.M. 56:692. G. 35:757; O. semidentata, Decne., B.M. 8550; O. stellulata, DC. (O. Gunniana, Hook, f.), B.M. 4638. Gn. 78, p. 350. R.H. 1913, p. 547.


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