Scientific name: Brachyglottis ‘Sunshine’

Common name:  daisy bush

Family name: Asteraceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 8

Mature height and spread: 0.7-1.5m tall and wide

Form: Dense, oval

Water use: low

Soil requirements: dry soils

Leaf arrangement: Simple. Alternate

Fall colour: none

Flower/cone/fruit description: Yellow flowers. Insignificant brown fruit clusters.

Limitations: needs full sun. Tender (only hardy in mild climates).

Suitable uses: Low maintenance. Disease and pest resistant. Hardy and can tolerate dry soil. Prunes well.

Quick ID: Evergreen. Shrub. Simple. Alternate. Leathery leaves. Ovate. Fully white underside of leaves. Leaves outlines in white and have brown seed pods that stick up.