Daisy Trees
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Daisy Trees (Olearia) - Pretty evergreen bushes, natives of Australia and New Zealand. Their only fault is in not proving really hardy, except in warm localities in the southern counties. They may exist in other districts, but gardens are none the better for the presence of shrubs not really hardy in them, or perhaps in a half-dead or flowerless state, or requiring protection, which has a tendency to make gardens needlessly ugly for half the year.
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Olearia Insignis
Olearia Insignis - The plant is dwarf, branched, the branches as thick as the little finger; the leaves from 3 to 5 inches long, 2 inches broad, rounded at the ends, thick and hard, shining green on the upper surface. With this exception the whole plant is covered with a thick, felt-like coating of pale brownish tomentum. The flowers are on erect peduncles, which are as thick as a goose-quill and from 6 to 9 inches long; the flower-heads are a little over 2 inches across; remaining fresh on the plant for about six weeks. This plant is one of the most interesting and prettiest of the composites which are found in New Zealand. It is a native of Middle Island, where it is said to grow on the driest rocks.
Olearia Haasti
Olearia Haasti - This is pretty hardy in various parts of England, growing to a large size in the more favoured localities, and if planted in groups it has a good effect when covered with its Aster-like flowers, and even out of bloom it is attractive. In New Zealand, where it is found at altitudes of about 4,000 feet, it forms a small shrubby tree. The flowers are very numerous, in terminal corymbs, the ray florets 1/4 inch long, white, the disc yellow. The plants usually bloom in August, and remain in perfection several weeks. Other kinds grown against walls and on warm soils with some success are ramulosa, ilicifolia, myrsinoides, nitida, macrodonta, stellulata, Traversi, Gunniana, dentata, argophylla, insignis, Fosteri
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