Description
Silver fluffy feathery foliage with yellow button flowers on fine hair stems. this is a great plant for both touch and sight. With its smooth gorgeous foliage this is always a delight for customers at shows who can’t resist touching and loving there flowers. Ideally grow in a sunny border, alpine rock garden or container.
Flowering: Spring – Autumn
Hardiness: Fully Hardy
Height: 8cm
Spread: 40cm
Further information:
For the first 2 years leave this plant alone. After that the plant will become a little woody so split the plant up and replant to get new growth.
Common Name:
Life Cycle: perennial
Family: Asteraceae
Foliage: silver feathery foliage
Basic Colour: ( silver )
Flower Colour: yellow
Natural Flowering: April – September
Winter Hardiness: Fully Hardy
Height with Flowers: 8cm
Soil Requirements: average / moist / dry / well-drained / sandy
Soil ph: acidic / alkaline / neutral
Location: container / cottage garden / border / rock garden / Mediterranean / crevice garden
Usage: ornamental / mat forming
Pruning: After 3-5 years this plant benefits from being dug up and a small piece of the plant placed back in the soil (bury elongated wooden stems with roots when transplanting) this will refresh the growth and get rid of old woody stems.
Tolerates: drought tolerant / salt tolerant / deer resistance / rabbit resistance
Origin: South Africa
Wendy Kilmaster (verified owner) –
Well packed beautiful little plant
Susanne S. (verified owner) –
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Healthy looking plant, with yellow button type flowers on
Plant.
Catherine Bennett (verified owner) –