Family - Asteraceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H6
Height - 60cm
Width - 60cm
Location - The White Garden
Description: A clump-forming herbaceous Perennial with an upright habit. Aromatic silvery-white leaves are lanceolate in shape. The lower leaves are more grey-green and have sharply toothed margins. Small yellow flowers are held in panicles and are produced from late summer into early autumn. This plant is normally grown for the striking foliage and the flowers tend to be considered visually insignificant.
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Small yellow flowers are considered to be visually insignificant. The flowers are held in upright panicles and are produced in August and September.
Flower colour: Yellow
Flower shape: Small flowers in panicles
Flowering time: August, September
Aromatic leaves are silvery-white and lanceolate in shape. The lower leaves tend to be more grey-green and have sharply toothed margins. The leaves are Alternately arranged on upright stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Lanceolate
Division.
Best in full sun in well-drained soil.