Detail
categories-4
Olearia axillaris
Coast Daisy Bush
Notes

Uses: Primarily a foliage plant useful for group plantings in wider verges, median strips and roundabouts. Extremely hardy in coastal locations and can be used as a sand or soil binder. Responds to pruning as a good hedging or screening plant. Requires well-drained soils. Indigenous peoples used the crushed leaves as a insect repelant.
Note: Fire retardant plant as per SA Country Fire Service, contact for further information.

This plant is indigenous to the following botanical regions of South Australia.


:NU: Nullarbor   
:GT: Gairdner-Torrens      
:EP: Eyre Peninsula
:NL: Northern Lofty
:MU: Murray
:YP: Yorke Peninsula
:SL: Southern Lofty
:KI: Kangaroo Island
:SE: South Eastern
 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.

  • Height 1.5-3m
  • Spread 1-2.5m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Asteraceae
  • Botanical Name Olearia axillaris
  • Common Name Coast Daisy Bush
  • Origin SA, Vic, NSW, WA, Tas
  • Habit Dense, Compact
  • Landscape Coastal cliffs, Coastal dunes, Coastal footslopes, Hills, Plains, 2nd line coast
  • Soil Texture Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Fire, Lime, Moderate frost, Salt spray
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Cream
  • Flowering Time Autumn
  • Flower Type Daisy
  • Purpose Habitat, Ornamental, Erosion, Wind protection, Screen
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Medium Shrub (Usually between 1.2m & 3.6m)
  • Indigenous to the Adelaide Region