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Helichrysum chionosphaerum

by Johan Wentzel

Common Name
Dwarf Everlasting
Plant Type
Perennial
Helichrysum chionosphaerum is a mat forming, perennial herb or small shrub that can reach a height of 150mm tall and can spread up to a meter wide. This is a lovely flowering specimen ideal for a rockery or an exposed area in need of a groundcover.
Plant Description

Helichrysum chionosphaerum is a mat forming, perennial herb or small shrub that can reach a height of 150mm tall and can spread up to a meter in diameter. The stems are well branched, prostrate and the young parts carry leaves. The leaves are rosettes on short branches and are 10-100x1-3mm large and a greyish white on the upper surface and silky woolly or white felted beneath. The flowers are white ray florets with yellow disc florets borne between July and January.

Helichrysum chionosphaerumt is a lovely flowering specimen ideal for a rockery or an exposed area in need of a groundcover. The flowers are very long-lasting.

Afrikaanse Naam
Sewejaartjie
Hardiness
Hardy
Position
Sun
Water Requirements
Moderate
Evergreen
Evergreen
Growth Rate
Fast
Flowering Time
Winter
Flower Colour
White
Shape
Mat forming
Soil
Loam
Plant Size
<30cm
Region
Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West
Habitat
Rocky grassland
Grown by Wildflower Nursery
No

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