Helichrysum 'Silver Mist' (Liquorice plant 'Silver Mist')

Botanical name

Helichrysum 'Silver Mist'

Other names

Liquorice plant 'Silver Mist', Helichrysum petiolare 'Silver Mist', Helichrysum minus 'Silver Mist', Helichrysum petiolare minus 'Silver Mist', Plecostachys serpyllifolia 'Silver Mist', Everlasting flower 'Silver Mist', Helichrysum microphyllum 'Silver Mist'

Genus

Helichrysum Helichrysum

Variety or Cultivar

'Silver Mist' _ 'Silver Mist' is a tender, mound-forming to trailing, evergreen sub-shrub, often grown as an annual, with branching stems bearing oval, woolly, silvery to grey-green leaves and small, dull cream flowers on erect stems in late summer and autumn.

Foliage

Evergreen

Habit

Cushion or Mound Forming, Trailing

Colour

Flower

Cream in Summer; Cream in Autumn

Foliage

Grey-green, Silvery-grey in All seasons

How to care

Watch out for

Pests

Generally pest-free.

Diseases

Generally disease-free.

General care

Pruning

Trim as necessary.

Propagation methods

Semi-hardwood cuttings

Monthly care advice

Where to grow

Helichrysum 'Silver Mist' (Liquorice plant 'Silver Mist') will reach a height of 0.2m and a spread of 0.6m after 1-2 years.

Suggested uses

Beds and borders, Containers, Gravel, Ground Cover, Low Maintenance, Mediterranean, Rock

Cultivation

Plant in moderately fertile, well-drained soil in full sun.

Soil type

Clay, Loamy, Sandy

Soil drainage

Well-drained

Soil pH

Alkaline, Neutral

Light

Full Sun

Aspect

South, East, West

Exposure

Exposed, Sheltered

UK hardiness Note: We are working to update our ratings. Thanks for your patience.

Indoor heated (H1), Tender in frost (H3)

USDA zones

Zone 11, Zone 10, Zone 9