Description
Mat of silver foliage with dainty wine red flowers turning to soft pink.
Perfect for brightening up dry areas of the garden this will work in borders, alpine rock gardens and containers. The growth is fairly rapid so leave plenty of room for this to fill.
Flowering: Spring-Summer
Hardiness: Fully Hardy
Height: 10cm
Spread: 40cm+
Further information:
This plant does not need much care in winter. Trim back old flowers and enjoy the interesting foliage. New flowers will appear in late spring. This plant can be trimmed back to stop it from creeping too far.
Common Name: Small-leafed pussytoes / Nuttalls pussytoes / Cat’s toes / Mountain everlasting rubra
Life Cycle: perennial
Family: Asteraceae
Foliage: Ovate
Basic Colour: ( Red )
Flower Colour: Red / Pink
Natural Flowering: May – June
Winter Hardiness: Fully Hardy
Height with Flowers: 10cm
Soil Requirements: average / well-drained / sandy
Soil ph: acidic / alkaline / neutral
Location: container / cottage garden / border / rock garden / Mediterranean
Usage: ornamental / semi shade / ground cover
Pruning: Not required
Tolerates: drought tolerant / salt tolerant / deer resistance / rabbit resistance / shallow soil
Origin: Europe /USA / Asia
Ravishankar (verified owner) –
Again the plant looked a bit tired.
Janice Dietsche-Ginn (verified owner) –
Not yet in flower
Wendy (verified owner) –
Hard to say much about these plants in my order because they’ve had their post flowering trim. They looked good and healthy though. If they like the troughs I’ve put them in AND I can keep them alive, I’ll be happy!