This small shrub has upright stiff branches that form an open habit. It has glossy dark green leaves that are lobed, oak-like and the daisy-like white flowers appear from spring to summer and are held above the foliage on tall stalks.

Hardiness zones 9 to 10

Olearia quercifoliais naturally found in Australia growing on the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. It grows in protected positions along water courses in forests and prefers a well drained moderately fertile soil in an full sun to semi shaded position and is drought tolerant but frost tender.

The Oak-leaved Daisy-bush is grown for its flowers and its attractive foliage. It is planted in small or bushland gardens as a specimen or in moist rockeries and in borders. It is suitable for damp conditions and may be planted in containers establishing in 2 to 3 years, but may be short lived. ID 2000

Olearia(o-lee-AH-ree-a) quercifolia(kwer-see-FOL-ee-ah)

Asteraceae (ass-ter-AY-see-ee)     
(Compositae)
Sunflower Family