Botanical Name: Helichrysum apiculatum
Common Name: Helichrysum apiculatum
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape small perennial with gray-green foliage and tiny orange-yellow flowers which nearly obscure leaves; usually dense and compact
Height to 1'
Spread to 18"
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun preferred
Soil prefers a well-drained loam; fairly tolerant of most soils
Hardiness tolerates some frost Zones 17, 19, 22-24
 
Morphology:
Leaves elliptic to lanceolate, to 2-1/2" long, gray-green, often hairy both above and below
Flowers tiny, orange-yellow heads without ray flowers, arranged in terminal clusters held above foliage; flower size and color vary with variety
Fruit tiny achenes
 
Propagation:
herbaceous cuttings, seed
 
Usage:
excellent container plant, also used in rock gardens, mixed into small scale perennial gardens, with natives or other drought tolerant plants, as a facer or mass plantings
 
Landscape Care:
Watering very drought tolerant when established; may rot in waterlogged soils
Fertilizing slow release fertilizer at planting time
Pruning head back occasionally to induce branching and maintain form
Pests/Diseases none of importance Other
 
Origin: Australia
Family: Asteraceae

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