This shrub to small tree has a solitary or multiple brown fibrous trunks with spreading branches that form a rounded crown. It has leathery dark green oblong leaves and the yellow centred white daisy-like flowers appear in a cluster during summer.

Hardiness zones 8 to 10

Olearia furfuraceais naturally found in the north island of New Zealand growing near the North Cape in shrub lands and along forest margins commonly associated with water courses from the coast to the lower mountains.

It prefers a well drained fertile moist sandy to clay soil with a pH 5.5-7.5 and grows in a open to protected sunny to semi shaded position and is frost tolerant but drought tender.

Akepiro is grown for its bushy growth habit and its flowers. It is planted in parks and gardens as a specimen or in groups along borders for screening. It is also planted in rocky bushland settings or used for bank binding along creeks. It is suitable for coastal and inland regions and establishes in 3-4 years. It is planted in commercial landscapes and when young it is grown in tubs or planter boxes. ID 3259

Olearia(o-lee-AH-ree-a) furfuracea(fur-fur-AH-see-uh)

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