Ozothamnus leptophyllus
(Tauhinu, Cottonwood)

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Details:

Foliage Colour:	Yellow-Green
Growth Rate:	Fast
Mature Height:	2 m
Mature Width:	2 m
Site Condition:	Coastal, Exposed, Frost Tolerant, Sandy Soil, Salty, Windy
Sun:	Full Sun
Drainage:	Dry
Category:	Shrub
Features:	Native. Suitable for hedging or shelter. Attractive to birds, insects and bees. Flower colour: White. Fruit colour: White. Suitable restoration species.

Ozothamnus leptophyllus, commonly called Tauhinu or Cottonwood, is a bushy shrub with small silver green leaves with fine silver hair beneath. The stems silver/white in colour. It has an attractive silver-grey appearance and flowers in profusion with clusters of tiny cream daisy (wheel-shaped) flowers followed by down-covered seed heads.

Ozothamnus leptophyllus is fast-growing, reaching its maximum height of 2 metres in 10–15 years. Tauhinu can readily colonise bare hillsides and pasture, with seeds readily dispersed by the wind. It grows rapidly, acting as a nursery plant for other species. Unless their under storey plants are heavily grazed, tauhinu shrublands are usually overtopped by taller shrubs and trees. Because of this, Tauhinu makes an excellent coastal or dry woodland revegetation plant. Seeds readily dispersed by the wind. It prefers a sunny location and is frost hardy.

Habitat: Found in coastal to subalpine shrubland.

Flowering: Summer [December - March]
Fruiting: Autumn [March - April]

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