Santolina pinnata subsp. neapolitana 'Sulphurea'
(Rosemary-Leaved Cotton Lavender)
Family - Asteraceae
Category - Sub-shrub
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Hardiness - H5
Height - 50cm
Width - 50cm
Location - The House Border
Description: A Dwarf, Evergreen sub-Shrub with a rounded, mound-forming habit. Narrow, feather-like leaves are pinnate with slender, needle-like leaflets. The leaves are aromatic, silvery-green and held on upright silver stems. Small, tubular Disc florets are creamy primrose yellow and held in button-like flowerheads atop long green stems. The Blooms are produced in midsummer, but this plant is more often grown for the attractive foliage and growth habit.
Flower:
Small tubular disc florets are pale primrose yellow. The flowers are held in button-like capitula atop long green stems. The blooms are produced in July.
Flower colour: Pale Yellow
Flower shape: Tubular disc florets in capitula
Flowering time: July
Foliage:
Aromatic leaves are narrow and pinnate with short, slender, needle-like leaflets. The leaves are an attractive shade of silver-green and Alternately arranged on upright, silver stems.
Foliage Senescence: Evergreen
Foliage Shape: Pinnate with needle-like leaflets
Propagation:
Cuttings.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in soil that is well drained.