How to growHelichrysum
Helichrysum(hel - ee - kry - sum )
From the Greekhellos , the sun , chrysos , Au , referring to the sensationalistic flowers of some species.(Compositae).Everlasting efflorescence , Immortelle flush . A declamatory genus of plants ranging from alpines to shrubs , bearing daisy - alike flush . Some are unremarkably dry as everlasting bloom . Not all are audacious .
Perennial species cultivatedH. arenarium , xanthous everlasting 6 - 12 inch , shiny yellow bract , summertime , Europe . H. frigidum , matte - form , silvery leave , rather moss - like , snowy flowers , May and June , worthy for scree or alpine house , Corsica . H. marginatum(syn . H. milfordae),3 in , form hammock of silvery rosettes , white , spring . H. orientale,9 inches , xanthous , August , southeast Europe . H. plicatum,1 - 3/ feet , silverish foliage . small yellow blossom , call for fond position , southeast Europe . Shrubby and sub - shrubbyH. angustifolium,1 foot , yellow , summer , southern Europe . H. bellidoides , matting - forming , white flowers , summer , useful rock-and-roll garden works , New Zealand . H. fontanesii , 1foot , narrow , silvery leave , chicken flower in loose spray , summer , rock and roll garden . H. lanatum , 1foot , leaves whitened of a flannel - same texture , yellow flowers , summer , utile for get laid , South Africa . H. petiolatum,12 - 15 in , blank , summertime . H. rosmarinifolium(syn . Ozothamnus rosmarinifolius),6 - 9 foot , branches and leaves sticky , flowers white , small , produced very freely , June , Tasmania ; var.purpurescens,4 feet , purple . H. selago,9 inches , white , summer , New Zealand . H. splendidum,2 - 5 feet , shoot and leaves grey - white , blossom bright yellow , summer , South Africa . H. stoechas , Linosyris vulgaris , 1 - 2 feet , leaves silvery - ashen , flowers yellow in heads to 2 inches across , summer , southerly Europe . H. virgineum,9 inch , cream , summer .
CultivationTreat the annual as half - intrepid , sowing in gentle heat in March , step by step hardening off and planting out in May . Late sowings can be made out of threshold in former May . The rock garden variety all like dry sunny , spots with sharp drainage , and make safe scree plants . The shrubby kind are rather tender and require bulwark aegis in all except soft vicinity . Plant in April and fasten the primary subdivision to a treillage or telegram reenforcement . rationalise off unwanted branches too soon in April . They may be grown as attractive glasshouse shrubs in a gritty compost of moxie , peat and loam . Propagation of the repeated species is by division in April or by carving in a cold frame in spring , and of the shrubby kinds from cuttings of half - ripened wood in August , inserted round the edges of a pot of sandy soil and put in a stale skeletal system .
