Olearia

Olearia - New Zealand’s Best Tree Daisy Plants

Growing colourful NZ-native shrubs in your garden delivers a vast range of benefits:

• They are visual plants that add impact to a space
• They attract birds and bees
• Street appeal can be greatly enhanced
• They can provide shelter and screening
• Children can learn the plants and become more involved with nature
• These plants will bring you pleasure for many years to come

We have the largest variety of Olearia plants and the right one for your space. Our plants have been selected to thrive in NZ’s climate. We grow and stock only the highest quality plants, eco-sourcing them locally, and from NZ’s leading nurseries. Each plant is packed and transported with extreme care, ensuring it arrives to you in the same condition it was in when it left the nursery. If you are wanting to buy Olearia, shop with confidence from the best in the industry.

Common questions about growing Olearia

1. How do you care for olearia?

To care for olearia, follow these tips:

• Plant in full sun or partial shade. Olearia prefers full sun, but it can tolerate some.
• Olearia does not like to wet soils, so it is important to choose a planting site with good drainage. If your soil is heavy clay, you can improve drainage by adding sand.
• Olearia needs regular watering, especially during the first year after planting. Once established, they tend to be more drought-tolerant.
• Feed plants in spring with a balanced fertiliser.
• Olearia can be pruned to maintain its shape and size, or to encourage new growth. This is best undertaken in spring.
• Mulch around the plant to help retain moisture in the soil and suppress weeds.

With proper care, olearia is a relatively easy-to-grow plant that can provide years of enjoyment.

2. What is the common name for olearia?

The common name for olearia is daisy bush. This is because olearia plants produce clusters of daisy-like flowers in a variety of colors, including white, yellow, pink, and purple.

Other common names for olearia include:

• Tree daisy
• Fragrant tree daisy
• Scented tree daisy
• Akiraho (Māori name for Olearia paniculata)

3. Is olearia an evergreen?

Most species of olearia are evergreen, however, there are a few deciduous species, such as Olearia hectorii.

Here are some examples of evergreen olearia plants:

• Olearia paniculata (Akiraho)
• Olearia x haastii (Daisy bush)
• Olearia odorata (Sweet olearia)
• Olearia solandri (New Zealand tree daisy)
• Olearia scilloniensis (Tree daisy)

4. Can you hard prune olearia?

Olearia are very resilient plants and can tolerate hard pruning well. Removing a significant amount of the plant's vegetation is often used to rejuvenate old or overgrown plants, or to shape and maintain the size of a plant.