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This exciting new introduction brings one of the most heat-tolerant flowering plants front and center in the landscape or containers. Helichrysum blooms from early spring until well into fall, its bright flowers banked by mounded grey foliage. Terrific for hanging baskets, as groudcover in the rock garden or border, and as a flowering companion to drought-tolerant grasses in the xeriscapic garden.
Suntory® Helichrysum Habit:
- Upright, mounding habit
- Height: 8" to 10"
- Spread: 16" to 18"
Outstanding Characteristics:
- A fantasy of flowers
- Blooms all season long
- Easy to grow and maintain
- Impervious to heat
- Excellent in combinations
- Self-cleaning, self-branching
- Versatile in baskets and containers
| Genus |
Helichrysum |
| Family |
Asteraceae |
| Plant Type |
Annual |
| Light |
Full sun |
| Cutting Form |
Vegetative cutting |
| Bloom Time |
Spring to late fall |
| Growing Media |
Well drained peat/perlite mix |
| pH |
6.5 - 7.0 |
| Blooms in 1st Year |
Yes |
| State when sold |
Blooming |
| Flower Shape |
Composite |
| Bloom Size |
¼" |
| Foliage Color |
Grey/Silver |
| Foliage Shape |
Pinnately lobed |
| Grower Pots |
4", 6", and 1 gallon pots |
| Crop Times |
4" pot, 1 cutting - 5-6 weeks
1 gal pot, 3 cuttings - 8-9 weeks
10" baskets, 3 cuttings - 10-12 weeks |
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