Olearia traversii

Olearia traversiorum, the Chatham Island akeake, or Chatham Island tree daisy is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. It is endemic on the Chatham Islands .

Picture: Olearia traversii 'Tweedledee', a variegated cultivar of the Chatham Island Ake Ake, an evergreen shrub found on the Chatham Islands several hundred kilometres off New Zealand's east coast. 'Tweedledum' is a similar variegated cultivar with yellow-green leaf edges, the reverse pattern. More

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Olearia traversii, also known as Tree Daisy or akeake, is one of a number of Olearias that can be grown. This particular species produces a bush 5m tall when mature. Each season lengths of new plant material 40–50cm long are produced with small green leaves on them. It is this growth that can be cut and sold. This particular species was one of the few plants that survived the extremely cold conditions suffered in Southland in the winter of 1996. More